Outside the almost deserted abbey, young Marie finds 14 fresh graves inside, she meets several nuns - hostile, addled, sick or awestruck - and the blind Abbess Emme, who sings instead of speaking. Exiled from Westminster Court at 17, Marie rides hard for 30 hours to the derelict abbey where Eleanor of Aquitaine has sentenced her to a bleak life of holy service. “Matrix,” Lauren Groff’s first novel since 2015’s acclaimed “Fates and Furies,” takes readers to a dank English island during the late 12th and 13th centuries in the spirited company of a woman inventively based on poet Marie de France. (Riverhead via AP) Photo: Associated Press This book cover image released by Riverhead shows "Matrix," a novel by Lauren Groff.
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