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In this moving novel, Father Hugh Kennedy, a recovering alcoholic, to Boston to his damaged priesthood. There he is drawn into the unruly world of the Carmodys, a sprawling, prosperous Irish family teeming with pion and riddled with secrets. The story of this entanglement is a beautifully rendered tale of grace and renewal, of friend and longing, of loneliness and spiritual aridity giving way to hope.
From the Back Cover:
A realistic Christian novel of hope in a non-Christian age."--"New England Quarterly"
"A deeply felt and eloquently expressed work . . . A quiet, gentle novel of considerable insight and charm . . ."--"Library Journal"
"O'Connor succeeds in delineating poignantly the overwhelming spiritual storms of the soul which assail the conscientious clergyman."--"The Christian Century"
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
In this moving novel, Father Hugh Kennedy, a recovering alcoholic, returns to Boston to repair his damaged priesthood. There he is drawn into the unruly world of the Carmodys, a sprawling, prosperous Irish family teeming with passion and riddled with secrets. The story of this entanglement is a beautifully rendered tale of grace and renewal, of friendship and longing, of loneliness and spiritual aridity giving way to hope.
Title: The Edge of Sadness
Publisher: Little Brown & Co
Publication Date: 1961
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Fair
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket