The Abbess of Andalusia Richard Rein VICKY WARD has been a

VICKY WARD has been a contributing editor to Vanity Fair since 2001

the mention of maritime merchants evokes an imagery of growling pirates donned in their stereotypical hats and a colorful parrot perched upon their shoulders

and the sexual revolution

but remained on inactive status through 1999

For over 16 years

The Abbess of Andalusia Richard Rein VICKY WARD has been aFlannery O'Connor has been studied and lauded under many labels: the Southern author whose pen captured the soul of a proud region struggling to emerge out of racism and poverty, the female writer whose independent spirit and tragically short life inspired a generation of women, the Catholic artist whose fiction evokes themes of sin and damnation, mercy and redemption. Now, and for the first time, The Abbess of Andalusia affords us an in depth look at