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Saint Catherine of Secaucus
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Christian FictionLiterary Fiction
Publisher Price: $16.99
Publisher: Atmosphere Press
Published: Feb 11 2025
Pages: 280
Weight: 0.79
Height: 0.63 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
What happens when the faith you rely on slowly crumbles?
Catherine Ricci's fall from faith begins at age ten when her beloved third-grade teacher, Sister Alberta, is killed in a car accident. Catherine tries to stay in the fold by participating in extra religion classes and acts of charity. However, when she leaves her Catholic school, she considers herself agnostic and attends a public high school.
Over the next five years, Catherine endures her father walking out on her and her mother. She briefly attends college, but after accidentally killing her boss, she is tried for manslaughter and serves her sentence working with the Sisters of Charity in Newark. There, she learns true service and finds friendship and guidance from the sisters.
Despite her problematic family, a devious boss, and a violent uncle, Catherine's unwavering commitment to true goodness saves her and her family.
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Saint Catherine of Secaucus is a moving work of literary fiction ... perfectly paced, grounded and moving. Catherine's blunt, focused narration is honest, rarely exaggerating events or details for the sake of story-telling, but still managing to add color to the story with its realism. - Timothy Thomas for Independent Book Review
What Ann King does beautifully is remind us that human nature hasn't changed over time and even when we look back at periods of history like the 50s, 60s, and 70s, we often do so through rose-tinted glasses and forget that this so-called golden age wasn't so wonderful for everyone in society. Any author who can gain empathy for their characters from the reader have achieved their objective as this author has. - Grant Leishman for Readers' Favorite
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