A history of loneliness
Record details
- ISBN: 9780385683302 (paperback) :
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Physical Description:
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380 pages ; 21 cm. - Publisher: [Toronto, Ontario] : Doubleday Canada, 2015.
- Copyright: ©2015.
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Subject: | Catholic Church -- Corrupt practices -- Ireland -- Fiction Priests -- Ireland -- Fiction Sex scandals -- Fiction Ireland -- Fiction |
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Terrace Public Library | BOY (Text) | 35151000548107 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Summary:
Odran Yates enters Clonliffe Seminary in 1972 after his mother informs him that he has a vocation to the priesthood. He goes in full of ambition and hope, dedicated to his studies and keen to make friends. Forty years later, Odran's devotion has been challenged by the revelations that have shattered the Irish people's faith in the church. He has seen friends stand trial, colleagues jailed, the lives of young parishioners destroyed and has become nervous of venturing out in public for fear of disapproving stares and insulting remarks. But when a family tragedy opens wounds from his past, he is forced to confront the demons that have raged within a once respected institution and recognise his own complicity in their propagation.