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Barcode30053003856484
Home LocationParis-Bourbon
Call NoF KOVA
Title Penitence : a novel / Kristin Koval.
Author Koval, Kristin, author.
CollectionNEW: Adult Fiction
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StatusHome LocationBarcodeCall NoCreated OnIssue NameCirc Status
 Paris-Bourbon30053003856484F KOVA2/3/2025 Available

Catalog Details

Personal Name Koval, Kristin, author.
Title Statement Penitence : a novel / Kristin Koval.
Edition Statement First edition.
Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice New York : Celadon Books, 2025.
Physical Description 312 pages ; 25 cm
Content Type text txt rdacontent
Media Type unmediated n rdamedia
Carrier Type volume rdacarrier
Summary, Etc. "Penitence is a sweeping debut novel that follows the lives of two estranged families in rural Colorado after an unimaginable tragedy forces them back together. When their thirteen-year-old daughter Nora kills her terminally ill brother, Angie and David Sheehan struggle to pick up the pieces of their shattered lives. They turn to small-town lawyer Martine Dumont for help, but Martine isn't just legal counsel-she's also the mother of Angie's ill-fated first love, Julian, a successful criminal defense attorney. Martine promptly draws him into the legal battle against an overreaching district attorney determined to try Nora as an adult. As the families grapple with the lasting strain of blame and the complexities of an often unfair criminal justice system, Julian and Angie must confront their own culpability in a long-ago accident and the guilt they still carry over how their prior life together in New York City ended. For readers of Ann Patchett and Celeste Ng, Penitence is a timely story of hope in the face of blame and remorse. It's both an addictive page-turner and a literary reflection on the boundaries of forgiveness that compels readers to consider whether each of us is more than the worst thing we've ever done"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Murder Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Families Fiction.
Index Term-Genre/Form Novels. lcgft

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