Book - On the Edge by Joanne Harris

A tale of witch hunts, regicide, and religious frenzy in 17th-century France... Forced by circumstances to seek refuge with her young daughter in the remote abbey of Saint Marie-de-la-Mer, actress Juliette reinvents herself as Sister Auguste under the tutelage of a kind abbess. Little by little, Juliette adapts to such a great change: the colorful travels and constant discoveries of her life as an actress are followed by the new demands of a semi-cloistered existence. But times are changing: the assassination of Henry IV becomes a catalyst for upheaval in France, and the appointment of a new abbess, whose zeal for Reform knows no bounds, quickly destroys everything Juliette had begun to love in her new life. But the worst is yet to come... The new abbess, Isabelle, is an eleven-year-old child from a noble and corrupt family, and she is accompanied by a ghost from Juliette's past: disguised as a cleric, here is a man she has every reason to fear…