âAn elegantly written, compact and often subtle tale of morality and passion that gives voice to an age-old concern in a fresh way.â â New York Times Book Review
Jeanette Haienâs award-winning novel relates the seemingly simple tale of a parishioner confiding in her priestârevelations that provoke a moral quandary for not only the clergyman, but the reader as well. With a foreword narrated by bestselling author Ann Patchett.
While fishing in an Irish salmon stream one rainy morning, Father Declan de Loughry ponders the recent deathbed confession of his parishioner Kevin Dennehy. It seems Dennehy and his wife, Enda, had been quietly living a lie for fifty years. Yet the gravity of their deception doesnât become clear to the good father until Enda shares the full tale of her suffering, finally confiding âthe all of it.â
Haienâs intimate novel of conversations and dilemmasâperfect for readers of Paul Hardingâs Tinkers, Marilynne Robinsonâs Gilead, Flannery OâConnorâs Wise Blood and Claire Keegan's Small Things Like Theseâis âan elegantly written, compact and often subtle tale of morality and passion that gives voice to an age-old concern in a fresh way,â hails the New York Times Book Review.