The All of It: A Novel

A quiet little stunner, written with the sure hand of an artist and the ear of a seasoned storyteller. St. Louis Post-Dispatch Jeannette Haiens award-winning first novel relates the seemingly simple tale of a parishioner confiding in her priest, but the tangled confession brings secrets to light that provoke a moral quandary for not only the clergyman, but the reader as well. While fishing in an Irish salmon stream one rainy morning, Father Declan de Loughry ponders the recent deathbed confession of his parishioner Kevin Dennehy. It seems Dennehy and his wife, Enda, had been quietly living a lie for fifty years. Yet the gravity of their deception doesnt become clear to the good father until Enda shares the full tale of her suffering, finally confiding the all of it. Haiens intimate novel of conversations and dilemmasperfect for readers of Paul Hardings Tinkers, Marilynne Robinsons Gilead, and Flannery OConnors Wise Bloodis an elegantly written, compact and often subtle tale of morality and passion that gives voice to an age-old concern in a fresh way hails the New York Times Book Review. This special edition includes an introduction by Ann Patchett.