November 2011

Alison said: "4 1/2 stars! Excellent writing, with a story replete with thought and emotion: What is faith? What is family? What is love? How do humans, with their innate brokenness, become whole? Given that we all transgress, what role does forgiveness play in each of our lives?

Faith was reminiscent of a book I read a year ago, Any Bitter Thing. I was also reminded of some of Anne Tyler's characters, people with whom I have little or nothing in common but for whom I can feel a good deal of empathy, simply because of their real-ness, their humanity.

This is the second of Haigh's books that I've read. Mrs. Kimble was the first, back in 2004. As I am prone to do, when I really like one book by an author I'm hesitant to read another one for fear of being disappointed. Faith did not disappoint at all! (I guess I now ought to read Baker Towers and The Condition.)"

Sue said: "I'm giving this 3 stars because it was well-written and constructed in an intriguing, rather elliptical style that parceled out the story in small bits and laid out the character's secrets piece by piece.  It has a serious language warning."

Linda said: "Well written but disturbing story. Even having been a Catholic myself, I couldn't relate well to the characters. Language is also a problem in this book."