{"product_id":"the-sacrament-olaf-olafsson-9780062899880","title":"The Sacrament","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe haunting, vivid story of a nun whose past returns to her in unexpected ways, all while investigating a mysterious death and a series of harrowing abuse claims\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA young nun is sent by the Vatican to investigate allegations of misconduct at a Catholic school in Iceland. During her time there, on a gray winter's day, a young student at the school watches the school's headmaster, Father August Franz, fall to his death from the church tower.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo decades later, the child--now a grown man, haunted by the past--calls the nun back to the scene of the crime. Seeking peace and calm in her twilight years at a convent in France, she has no choice to make a trip to Iceland again, a trip that brings her former visit, as well as her years as a young woman in Paris, powerfully and sometimes painfully to life. In Paris, she met an Icelandic girl who she has not seen since, but whose acquaintance changed her life, a relationship she relives all while reckoning with the mystery of August Franz's death and the abuses of power that may have brought it on.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Sacrament\u003c\/em\u003e, critically acclaimed novelist Olaf Olafsson looks deeply at the complexity of our past lives and selves; the faulty nature of memory; and the indelible mark left by the joys and traumas of youth. Affecting and beautifully observed, \u003cem\u003eThe Sacrament \u003c\/em\u003eis both propulsively told and poignantly written--tinged with the tragedy of life's regrets but also moved by the possibilities of redemption, a new work from a novelist who consistently surprises and challenges.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Olaf Olafsson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0062899880\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780062899880\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ecco Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.30w x 0.90d","brand":"Olaf Olafsson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44043013751039,"sku":"9780062899880","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_219088b3-1546-4d09-b2ea-1c6e6d7a4429.jpg?v=1684964788","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-sacrament-olaf-olafsson-9780062899880","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}