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FOR YEARS, TOYIN AYANGADE HAS been careful. She works early mornings and late evenings so she won’t have to drive past bustling parks and playgrounds. She stays in on holidays so she won’t have to dodge trick-or-treaters or see the columns of smoke rising from backyard family barbecues. Even in Walmart, she hurries past the bulletin board of missing children and takes detours to avoid the racks of kids’ clothing and towering shelves of toys.

The midday sun has finally emerged from behind the top tier of the Circle Tower in downtown Indianapolis, and gradually, it starts to lift the building’s broad shadow. Sunshine slowly pours into Monument Circle. The old cowboy grins.

Reports on the stink emanating from the players of hockey from the team Indianapolis Ice as of January 2003. Reason for Indianapolis Ice to leave the International Hockey League; Money earned by players of the Central Hockey League during a five-month season; Various facilities provided by the team to its players; Cause of the stink; Various odor-fighting agents used by hockey players.

The nuns at the Carmelite Monastery don't want their community to die when they do. But can they recruit a new generation of sisters without compromising their most sacred beliefs?