Sunday, June 5, 2016

#405 Ordinary Sins- Kirsten Valdez Quade


#405 Ordinary Sins- Kirsten Valdez Quade

Crystal works in the parish office. She took the job to pay some bills, and never intended to stay long. But now she is single, and pregnant, and her needs run further than money.

Father Paul is a beloved Priest, seemingly perfect and without sin, minus the former addiction with alcohol. But being sober for the last twenty-eight years, even that seems like a virtue. The New priest assigned to the Parish, Father Leon is traditional, cold, and judgmental.

The sins of the past, and present haunt each one in this story. Where there seems to be the strongest support, may lay the largest weakness.

Notable Passage: “Impressive how efficiently her subconscious tallied, dismantled, and blended together her sins, molding them all into a tidy and disturbing little narrative as persistent and irksome as pine sap.”


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