Showing results for "Popes" in Literary Fiction

Alice Fairweather, a lapsed Catholic who lives in upstate New York with her two sons and philandering husband (whom she loves to distraction), has just lost her dream job as a radio talk show hostess. When one of the family dogs suddenly becomes gravely ill, Alice opts out of a family spelunking vacation to nurse the pooch. Unexpectedly, her husband’s charismatic Nicaraguan Harvard roommate, Abelardo - coffee planter, failed seminarian, and scion of an old Nicaraguan family - comes to visit as part of his quest to have his aunt canonized as the first Nicaraguan saint.

'A spectacular story of shape-shifting, love and faith . . . It enthralled me' JESSIE BURTON, multi-million bestselling author of The Miniaturist 'Astonishing . . . a scorching vision of a book' CHARLOTTE WOOD, Booker-shortlisted author of Stone Yard Devotional 'Incredible' EVIE WYLD, author of...

What happens when the Pope and the Dalai Lama decide they need a secret vacation? Roland Merullo’s playful, eloquent, and life-affirming novel finds the world’s two holiest men teaming up for an unsanctioned road trip through the Italian countryside--where they rediscover the everyday...