num_pages: 145
description: JeannetteHaien’s award-winning first novel relates theseemingly simple tale of a parishioner confiding in her priest, but the tangledconfession brings secrets to light that provoke a moral quandary for not onlythe clergyman, but the reader as well. Set in a small town in Ireland, Haien’s intimate novel of conversations anddilemmas—perfect for readers of Paul Harding’s Tinkers , Marilynne Robinson’s Gilead , and Flannery O’Connor’s Wise Blood —is “an elegantly written, compact and often subtle tale ofmorality and passion that gives voice to an age-old concern in a fresh way” ( NewYork Times Book Review ).Harper Perennial breathes new life into this 1986 classic in a new edition withan introduction by Ann Patchett.
language: English
title: The All of It
titlecomplete: The All of It
characters: Kevin Dennehy, Father Declan de Loughry, Enda Dennehy
genres: Fiction, Ireland, Religion, Book Club, Literature, Novels, Adult Fiction, Irish Literature, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 4696
places: Roonatellin, County Mayo
awards: awardedAt: 536486400000
name: Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction
publisher: Harper Perennial