Monasteries and their People. The deepest probe into the history and present of our monasteries and the taboo life of the people in them. The author of this exceptional book is the renowned writer Alena Ježková. For more than five years, she has been collecting written material and direct sound recordings. She studied the history of religious orders and Christian realities, and visited abandoned and living monasteries in Bohemia and Moravia. She visited communities and conducted dozens of interviews with monks and nuns.