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HarperCollins
May 2011
On Sale: May 10, 2011
336 pages
ISBN: 0060755806
EAN: 9780060755805
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Women's Fiction
It is the spring of 2002 and a perfect storm has hit Boston.
Across the city's archdiocese, trusted priests have been
accused of the worst possible betrayal of the souls in their
care. In Faith, Jennifer Haigh explores the fallout for one
devout family, the McGanns. Estranged for years from her difficult and demanding
relatives, Sheila McGann has remained close to her older
brother Art, the popular, dynamic pastor of a large suburban
parish. When Art finds himself at the center of the
maelstrom, Sheila returns to Boston, ready to fight for him
and his reputation. What she discovers is more complicated
than she imagined. Her strict, lace-curtain-Irish mother is
living in a state of angry denial. Sheila's younger brother
Mike, to her horror, has already convicted his brother in
his heart. But most disturbing of all is Art himself, who
persistently dodges Sheila's questions and refuses to defend
himself. As the scandal forces long-buried secrets to surface, Faith
explores the corrosive consequences of one family's history
of silence—and the resilience its members ultimately find in
forgiveness. Throughout, Haigh demonstrates how the truth
can shatter our deepest beliefs—and restore them. A
gripping, suspenseful tale of one woman's quest for the
truth, Faith is a haunting meditation on loyalty and family,
doubt and belief. Elegantly crafted, sharply observed, this
is Jennifer Haigh's most ambitious novel to date.
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