num_pages: 646
description: 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.
language: English
title: The Edge of Sadness
titlecomplete: The Edge of Sadness
genres: Religion, Historical Fiction, Christian, Literary Fiction, Novels, Literature, Classics, Catholic, Irish Literature, Fiction
ratings_count: 2383
places: Boston, Massachusetts
awards: awardedAt: -252432000000
name: Pulitzer Prize
category: Fiction
publisher: Loyola Classics