![]() ![]() ![]() Elegantly crafted, sharply observed, this is Jennifer Haigh's most ambitious novel to date. A gripping, suspenseful tale of one woman's quest for the truth, Faith is a haunting meditation on loyalty and family, doubt and belief. Throughout, Haigh demonstrates how the truth can shatter our deepest beliefs - and restore them. A gripping, suspenseful tale of one womans quest for the truth, Faith is a haunting meditation on loyalty and family, doubt and belief. 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. But most disturbing of all is Art himself, who persistently dodges Sheila's questions and refuses to defend himself. Sheila's younger brother Mike, to her horror, has already convicted his brother in his heart. Her strict, lace-curtain-Irish mother is living in a state of angry denial. What she discovers is more complicated than she imagined. ![]() When Art finds himself at the center of the maelstrom, Sheila returns to Boston, ready to fight for him and his reputation. 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. In Faith, Jennifer Haigh explores the fallout for one devout family, the McGanns. Across the city's archdiocese, trusted priests have been accused of the worst possible betrayal of the souls in their care. It is the spring of 2002 and a perfect storm has hit Boston. ![]()
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