Ninth Hour

A young Irish immigrant inhales oven gas in a Brooklyn tenement and is guided by Sister St. Savior, an aging nun, to grow up in the convent laundry. Her father's suicide reverberates through many lives, and she sacrifices her grace for human love.

\n Format: Paperback / softback
\n Length: 256 pages
\n Publication date: 09 August 2018
\n Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Winner of the Prix Femina Etranger 2018, shortlisted for the 2017 Kirkus Prize, and one of Time Magazine's Top Ten Books of 2017, this luminous, deeply humane novel follows three generations of an Irish immigrant family in 1940s and 1950s Brooklyn. On a dim winter afternoon in a Brooklyn tenement, a young Irish immigrant unhooks the oven gas and inhales, setting off a fire that will change the course of his widow's and unborn child's lives forever. In the aftermath, Sister St. Savior, an aging nun, appears uninvited to guide them forward. Raised in the convent laundry, Sally is surrounded by the strange, kind, and mysterious Little Nursing Sisters of the Sick Poor, who govern her world. Despite superstition and shame trying to erase her father's brief existence, his suicide will resonate through many lives and span decades. As Sally grows up, she makes her own irrevocable sacrifice, sacrificing her grace at the altar of human love.
Beautifully written, heart-wrenching, and funny by turns, this novel is deeply vivid and authentic. The Sunday Times praised it as "a triumph of storytelling," while the New York Times called it "a beautifully written, heartbreaking and often very funny novel." Don't miss this unforgettable story of resilience, family, and the power of love.

\n Weight: 188g\n
Dimension: 198 x 129 x 17 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9781408854631\n \n