€œA realistic Christian novel of hope in a non-Christian age.€Â€"New England Quarterly
€œA deeply felt and eloquently expressed work . . . A quiet, gentle novel of considerable insight and charm . . .€Â€"Library Journal
€œO€Connor succeeds in delineating poignantly the overwhelming spiritual storms of the soul which assail the conscientious clergyman.€Â€"The Christian Century
 Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
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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.
