{"product_id":"the-bells-cai-emmons-9781636284354","title":"The Bells","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAUTHOR OF \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eLIVID - \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE MISSOURI REVIEW EDITORS PRIZE, THE SARTON AWARD, AND THE NAUTILUS AWARD \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCai Emmons awes readers with the release of \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e THE BELLS \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A book Cai finished on the day she died, is a story of life: how to live fully, embrace our messy complications, and swim toward love.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e-Miriam Gershow, author of Closer and Survival Tips: Stories \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThirty-three-year-old \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNiall O'Malley has failed a five-year mission to live as a monk and is attempting to redefine himself as a high school teacher in New Jersey.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs \u003cem\u003eThe Bells\u003c\/em\u003e opens, thirty-three-year-old Niall O'Malley has failed a five-year mission to live as a monk and is attempting to redefine himself as a high school teacher in New Jersey. The transition has been bumpy. He loves teaching history to inner city teens, but he hits a roadblock when a belligerent student, Colton, possibly a white-supremacist, behaves in ways that threaten Niall. As troubles mount at school, Niall's girlfriend Lluvia pressures him into making a deeper commitment to their relationship. She wants them to move in together with Lluvia's pre-teen daughter and elderly mother.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eHaunted by his failure as a Cistercian monk and his troubles with one man in particular, the abusive Brother Thomas, Niall abandons Lluvia and heads back to his old monastery in Massachusetts for a final showdown with Thomas, now dying of ALS. Redemption for Niall is elusive as he strives to mend his faith.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Cai Emmons\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1636284353\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781636284354\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Red Hen Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/28\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Cai Emmons","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47087662596351,"sku":"9781636284354","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_243eb2dc-7025-42f2-8a08-a2a2587db381.jpg?v=1753850456","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-bells-cai-emmons-9781636284354","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}