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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