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"""[Haigh is] an expertnatural storyteller with an acute sense of her characters' humanity."" --NewYork Times ""We have the intriguing possibility that the next great American author is already in print."" --Fort Worth Star-Telegram When Sheila McGann setsout to redeem her disgraced brother, a once-beloved Catholic priest in suburban Boston, her quest will force her to confront cataclysmic truths about herfractured Irish-American family, her beliefs, and, ultimately, herself. Award-winning author Jennifer Haigh follows hercritically acclaimed novels Mrs. Kimble and The Condition with a captivating, vividly rendered portrait of fraying family ties, and the trials of belief anddevotion, in Faith."

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Haigh's fourth novel draws you in. . . . You'll be hypnotized until you know where it stops. --Self

"""Both riveting and profound. . . . An incredibly suspenseful novel."" -- Washington Post ""A masterpiece of tension and tenderness."" -- More magazine ""Luminous. . . . The novel has the magnetic, page-turning quality of a detective thriller, but the clues here lead not to objective proof but to insight into a family both vividly specific and astonishingly universal. . . . . Wise."" -- O magazine ""Haigh deals with complex moral issues in subtle ways, and her narrative is beautifully, sometimes achingly poignant."" -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) ""With an exquisite sense of drama and mystery, Haigh delivers a taut, well-crafted tale. . . . Indelibly rendered characters, suspenseful pacing, and fearless but sensitive handling of a controversial subject will make this a must-read for book discussion groups."" -- Booklist (starred review) ""Haigh's fourth novel draws you in. . . . You'll be hypnotized until you know where it stops."" -- Self ""FAITH is so emotionally rich, and its story so deftly delivered, that we're absorbed."" -- Wall Street Journal ""Expertly wrought. . . . Ms. Haigh, a subtle, serious novelist who happens to have a flair for capturing troubled family dynamics, never allows FAITH to become predictable. . . . Gripping. . . . Substantial."" -- New York Times"

A masterpiece of tension and tenderness. --More magazine Both riveting and profound. . . . An incredibly suspenseful novel. --Washington Post Expertly wrought. . . . Ms. Haigh, a subtle, serious novelist who happens to have a flair for capturing troubled family dynamics, never allows FAITH to become predictable. . . . Gripping. . . . Substantial. --New York Times FAITH is so emotionally rich, and its story so deftly delivered, that we're absorbed. --Wall Street Journal Haigh's fourth novel draws you in. . . . You'll be hypnotized until you know where it stops. --Self Luminous. . . . The novel has the magnetic, page-turning quality of a detective thriller, but the clues here lead not to objective proof but to insight into a family both vividly specific and astonishingly universal. . . . . Wise. --O magazine With an exquisite sense of drama and mystery, Haigh delivers a taut, well-crafted tale. . . . Indelibly rendered characters, suspenseful pacing, and fearless but sensitive handling of a controversial subject will make this a must-read for book discussion groups. --Booklist (starred review) Haigh deals with complex moral issues in subtle ways, and her narrative is beautifully, sometimes achingly poignant. --Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

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Jennifer Haigh is the author of the short-story collection News from Heaven and six bestselling and critically acclaimed novels, including Mrs. Kimble, Faith and Heat and Light, which was named a Best Book of 2016 by the New York Times, The Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal and NPR. Her books have won the PEN/Hemingway Award, the Massachusetts Book Award and the PEN New England Award in Fiction, and have been translated widely. She lives in New England.

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