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The All of It
by Jeannette Haien
This was a very little book that I picked up and started reading at a thrift store. About ten pages in I thought I should probably buy it. It's difficult to cram a whole story into 150 pages, especially when a portion of them are about fly fishing, but Haien pulls it off.
This is, essentially, the story of a priest, Father Declan, who, upon the death of one of his parishoners, Kevin Dennehy, discovers that he has been living a lie with his wife, Enda, for the past fifty years.
It's really a poignant little piece about morality but since I don't have many of those I enjoyed this book for it's story. Enda and Kevin's story was the bulk of the book, taking about about seventy pages, and that was by far my favorite part of this book. Declan's parts consisted of, mostly, moral dilemmas and fly fishing. I don't particularly care for either. But I also greatly enjoy Declan's obvious soft spot for Enda, which came off, to me, as the beginnings of romatic feelings despite his priesthood and her recent berivement. I doubt, should this tale continue, that this would have ended up being the case, but it felt palpable to me.
This is a complicated little tale which is also painfully simple. I suppose, in the end, it's about truth and loss and perceptions and where those tie in with god. I liked it, it was very well done, but I doubt it will stay with me.
This is, essentially, the story of a priest, Father Declan, who, upon the death of one of his parishoners, Kevin Dennehy, discovers that he has been living a lie with his wife, Enda, for the past fifty years.
It's really a poignant little piece about morality but since I don't have many of those I enjoyed this book for it's story. Enda and Kevin's story was the bulk of the book, taking about about seventy pages, and that was by far my favorite part of this book. Declan's parts consisted of, mostly, moral dilemmas and fly fishing. I don't particularly care for either. But I also greatly enjoy Declan's obvious soft spot for Enda, which came off, to me, as the beginnings of romatic feelings despite his priesthood and her recent berivement. I doubt, should this tale continue, that this would have ended up being the case, but it felt palpable to me.
This is a complicated little tale which is also painfully simple. I suppose, in the end, it's about truth and loss and perceptions and where those tie in with god. I liked it, it was very well done, but I doubt it will stay with me.