“Stone Yard Devotional,” by Charlotte Wood (Riverhead, 297 pages, $28) Given the monastic pacing of Charlotte Wood’s “Stone Yard Devotional,” I suppose it’s appropriate that we’ve ...

“Do you have to believe in God to join a religious order?” asks the narrator of Charlotte Wood’s “Stone Yard Devotional.” The question would seem to be rhetorical, since the ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Cover art for “Stone Yard Devotional” owned by Riverhead Books. The essence of Charlotte Wood’s ...

In Charlotte Wood’s novel “Stone Yard Devotional,” an atheist burrows into herself while staying in a convent, and contemplates how to live without causing harm. Credit...Wesley Allsbrook ...

Charlotte Wood is the author most recently of “Stone Yard Devotional,” which was shortlisted for the 2024 Booker Prize, and other 10 books. Here she takes the Book Pages Q&A. Q. Please tell ...

In an interview published on the Booker Prize website, Australian writer Charlotte Wood offers a key insight to unlocking her unusual and absorbing novel, Stone Yard Devotional, shortlisted for ...

Given the monastic pacing of Charlotte Wood’s “Stone Yard Devotional,” I suppose it’s appropriate that we’ve had to wait patiently for it. Wood’s fellow Australians have been praising ...