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Faith - Jennifer Haigh
Faith
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One woman's search for the truth after scandal rocks her family, and the explosive family secrets she uncovers, in this complex, moving novel from award-winning author Jennifer Haigh. In Faith, Jennifer Haigh explores the repercussions of one family's history of silence, when a priest's sex... show more
One woman's search for the truth after scandal rocks her family, and the explosive family secrets she uncovers, in this complex, moving novel from award-winning author Jennifer Haigh. In Faith, Jennifer Haigh explores the repercussions of one family's history of silence, when a priest's sex scandal forces his family's untold past to surface. Art, Sheila, and Mike are siblings in a large extended Irish-American family from the Boston suburbs. Though their father is a non-believer, their mother is lace curtain Irish-Catholic, having raised her children to keep family secrets just that - secret - in a home where most subjects are taboo. Sheila is concerned when Art, beloved priest leading a major Catholic parish outside Boston, seems to fall off the grid just days before Easter. Then the news breaks that he has been accused of sexual misconduct. The media coverage shatters the community and pits Art's family members against one another, leaving Sheila determined to uncover the truth and -she hopes - clear his name. Determined to help prove Art's innocence, Sheila finds herself locking horns with her younger brother, Mike, who cannot shake the feeling that Art might be guilty. By turns disturbed by what Art might have done and furious at the seemingly unfair accusations, the truth remains elusive for readers in this artfully crafted family drama.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN: 9780060755805 (0060755806)
Publisher: Harper
Pages no: 322
Edition language: English
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Judy Croome: Author on the Prowl
Judy Croome: Author on the Prowl rated it
3.0 Book Review: Faith by Jennifer Haigh
Well-written enough to keep me reading until 01h30 in the morning so I could finish it. I guessed early on what had really happened, so perhaps that influenced my feeling of the end being not as good as the beginning and middle of the book. Sheila, the narrator, and her half-brother Art were somewha...
madbkwm
madbkwm rated it
This was an entertaining, quick read. Interesting premise of the atheist sister of a priest narrating the fall of her brother. I was prepared for Art to be innocent; certainly Kath Conlon is set up as a villian of sorts. I was not prepared for Art to have had an affair with Kath and so kudos to Ha...
Unabridged Chick
Unabridged Chick rated it
Everything you've heard about this book is true. It's beautifully written, complicated, conflicting, confusing, emotional, mesmerizing, and captivating.I avoided this when it first came out because I usually can't stomach any kind of child abuse stuff, especially sexual abuse. Having grown up Cathol...
florinda3rs
florinda3rs rated it
It’s actually a bit sad that the first thing that comes to mind about the Catholic Church in the 21st century for many people is the pedophile-priests scandals. Granted, one reason for that is that the Church has, in many respects, handled the whole thing poorly - shuffling accused perpetrators to n...
That's What She Read
That's What She Read rated it
0.0 Faith
The truth behind national headlines is never quite as simple as the media would have the public believe. In Faith, Jennifer Haigh explores the details and the truth behind the stories of child abuse in the Catholic church. A difficult subject at any time, Ms. Haigh also adds to that the complexity o...
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