{"product_id":"9781921924033","title":"Keeping Faith","description":"In Keeping Faith the innocence and certainties of childhood are delicately tested against the realities of adult life. Josh and Gracie grow up in a working class world centred on the values of faith and family. Both cherish their father, a lay preacher, and their mother, but for Josh the complex secrets, doubts and subtleties of the world do not allow for certainty. In adulthood he works as a labour ward attendant, his younger sister Gracie as a nurse on a remote mission station in Papua New Guinea. While Josh’s conviction falters, the unfailing faith of his sister leads to tragic consequences. As events move between 1975 and 1994, between a family drama in outer suburban Melbourne and a tribal rebellion in Melanesia, faith and doubt become entwined.  In the spirit of the work of Tim Winton, Keeping Faith is a remarkable novel about the beauty and disappointments of childhood, family and belief, about losing faith and finding love.  ‘Subtle and finely crafted. A novel of intellectual and emotional intensity.’  Steven Carroll, author of The Time We Have Taken","brand":"Transit Lounge","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47141252432112,"sku":"9781921924033","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781921924033_p0.jpg?v=1763631810","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781921924033","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}