{"product_id":"9780883472590","title":"The Edge of Sadness","description":"\u003cp\u003e“A realistic Christian novel of hope in a non-Christian age.”—\u003ci\u003eNew England Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A deeply felt and eloquently expressed work . . . A quiet, gentle novel of considerable insight and charm . . .”—\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“O’Connor succeeds in delineating poignantly the overwhelming spiritual storms of the soul which assail the conscientious clergyman.”—\u003ci\u003eThe Christian Century\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ave Maria Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47033741115632,"sku":"9780883472590","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780883472590","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}