While fishing in an Irish salmonstream one rainy morning, Father Declan de Loughryponders the recent deathbed confessionof his parishioner Kevin Dennehy.It seems Dennehy and his wife, Enda, had been quietly living a lie for fiftyyears. Yet the gravity of their deceptiondoesn't become clear to the good fatheruntil Enda shares the full tale of her suffering, finally confiding "the all of it."

Jeannette Haien's exquisite, awardwinningfirst novel is a deceptively simplestory that resonates with the powerof a modern-day myth--an unforgettablenarrative of transgression, empathy, and, ultimately, absolution.