Title: The solace of leaving early
Description: "Langston Braverman does not come home to Haddington, Indiana, because she is searching for a simpler life. Having just walked out of her Ph.D. oral exams and abandoned the remains of a disastrous affair, she has retreated to her parents' attic to nurse a bruised heart and maybe even write a great American novel. It does not escape her attention that the town is abuzz with the death of her childhood friend, Alice, but not even this morsel of intrigue can rouse Langston from her self-imposed existential dilemma." -- Jacket.
Subjects: Fiction, Clergy, Women graduate students, Orphans, Apparitions and miracles, Bildungsromans, Murder victims' families, Open Library Staff Picks
Places: Indiana
People: Mary Blessed Virgin, Saint