The Edge of Sadness – O’Connor, Edwin

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ISBN: 0883472597 Title: The Edge of Sadness Author: O'Connor, Edwin Binding: Hardcover Publisher: Thomas More Press, Chicago Publication Date: 1991 Edition: First Edition Book Condition: NF D-j Condition: VG Comments: Remainder mark on bottom edge. D-j creased and subtly chipped. Synopsis: In this moving novel, Father Hugh Kennedy, a recovering alcoholic, returns to Boston to repair his damaged priesthood. There he is drawn into the unruly world of the Carmodys, a sprawling, prosperous Irish family teeming with passion and riddled with secrets. The story of this entanglement is a beautifully rendered tale of grace and renewal, of friendship and longing, of loneliness and spiritual aridity giving way to hope.