{"product_id":"all-saints-paperback","title":"All Saints - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLiam Callanan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe acclaimed author of \u003cb\u003eThe Cloud Atlas\u003c\/b\u003e returns with a wondrous second novel. Set in a small beachfront Catholic high school, narrated by a beautifully complex heroine-theology teacher Emily Hamilton-All Saints is at once a mystery, a love story, and a powerful rumination on secrets, temptation, and faith. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy life's midpoint Emily has seen three husbands, dozens of friends, and hundreds of students come and go. And now her classroom, long her refuge, is proving to be \u003cbr\u003eanything but. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThough her popular, occasionally irreverent church history course is rich with stories of long-dead saints, Emily uneasily discovers that it's her own tumultuous life that fascinates certain students most. She in turn finds herself drawn into their world, their secrets, and the fateful choices they make. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA novel of mystery and illumination, calling and choice, All Saints explores lives lived in a fragile sanctuary-from Emily and her many saints to a priest facing his own mortality and a teenager tormented by desire. Told with grace and compassion, this is a spellbinding novel of provocative storytelling.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLiam Callanan is the author of \u003cb\u003eThe Cloud Atlas\u003c\/b\u003e, which was an Edgar Award finalist for best first novel. A frequent public radio essayist, his work has also appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review, Slate, Good Housekeeping, \u003c\/i\u003e and elsewhere. He teaches at the University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.64 x 8.28 x 5.96 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 25, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42695270727743,"sku":"9780385336970","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/89d0a75d10e4d2afa2c41ca73ab338a5.webp?v=1765003209","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/all-saints-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}