Earth Has No Sorrow - Hardcover

Blake, Michelle

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0399147470 ISBN 13: 9780399147470

Publisher: Putnam Adult, 2001

Synopsis

Boston Episcopalian priest Lily James Connor turns sleuth when an event, sponsored by a local ecumenical council studying anti-Semitism in the Church, is disrupted by a hate crime and a close friend mysteriously vanishes, and stumbles into a deadly plot that tests her faith and endangers everything--and everyone--she holds dear. 12,500 first printing.

About this title

About the Author:

Michelle Blake, who has also published under Michelle Blake Simons, is a poet and a writer whose work has appeared in such publications as Ploughshares and Southern Review. She teaches at Tufts University.

From Publishers Weekly:

Following Blake's acclaimed first mystery, The Tentmaker (1999), Texas-born Lily Connor, the Episcopalian priest who's human, intelligent and caring, returns in a superbly written and compelling novel set during the reflective period of Lent. Dressing in her usual garb of jeans, sweater, cowboy boots and clerical collar, Lily is the director of the Women's Center in downtown Boston. She also serves on the ecumenical council and the Holocaust remembrance committee. When Charlie Cooper, a divinity school friend and Episcopal monk, and Anna Banieka, a Holocaust survivor, enter the Episcopal cathedral of St. Michael's and All Angels to check on preparations for the service that will conclude the remembrance day activities, they're faced with a vicious hate crime. After Anna disappears, Lily seeks the aid of her boyfriend, police photographer Tom Casey, to help find her. Lily's quest for the truth takes her on a dangerous journey of both body and spirit that winds up with a heart-stopping climax and some disturbing revelations about the people in her life. The author exposes the very souls of her unforgettable characters with honesty, poignancy and wit. Rich settings and eloquent prose further enhance this most satisfying story, which will send new readers seeking the first in the series and leave those already hooked longing for the next addition. Agent, Gail Hochman. (June 4)Simons.

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About this edition

• Publisher: Putnam Adult
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0399147470
• ISBN 13: 9780399147470
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 257