And the Dark Sacred Night

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From the National Book Award-winning author of Three Junes, a"tender, insightful, and winning exploration of the modern family and the infinite number of shapes it can take" (People). Kit Noonan is an unemployed art historian with twins to support, a mortgage to pay, and a frustrated wife who insists that, to move forward, Kit must first confront a crucial mystery about his past. Born to a single teenage mother, he has never known the identity of his biological father. Kit's search begins with his onetime stepfather, Jasper, a take-no-prisoners Vermont outdoorsman, and ultimately leads him to Fenno McLeod, the beloved protagonist of Glass's award-winning novel Three Junes. Immersing readers in a panorama that stretches from Vermont to the tip of Cape Cod, And the Dark Sacred Night is an unforgettable novel about the youthful choices that steer our destinies, the necessity of forgiveness, and the risks we take when we face down the shadows of our past.

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An elegant and moving novel. The New Yorker

A tender, insightful, and winning exploration of the modern family and the infinite number of shapes it can take. People

Sophisticated and surprising. . . . Luminous. San Francisco Chronicle

The only regret youll have at the end of this particular story is that its over. Entertainment Weekly

Breathtaking. . . . Heartfelt. . . . What makes this novel so fresh is its notion that the need to know where we come from isnt limited to our formative years. And that all buried secrets are bittersweet when revealed. Minneapolis Star Tribune

An exquisitely detailed novel. O, The Oprah Magazine

An engrossing read. Newsday

This memento mori is as much about the teeming, glad business of life as it is about griefthe bright blessed day, as the Louis Armstrong song puts it, as well as the dark sacred night. The Washington Post

Glass prose is so lovely and filled with felicitous phrases and insights that when she orchestrates a family reunion, the reader is apt to just follow along like Kit, knowing the music is bound to enthrall. The Dallas Morning News

The delight of reading Julia Glass turns out to be the connections we make with her generous characters, who become as endearingand exasperatingas the people we love in real life. The Miami Herald

Wretched and wonderfulindeed, dark yet sacred. BookPage

Glass explores the pain of family secrets, the importance of identity, and the ultimate meaning of family. . . . [A] lovely, highly readable, and thought-provoking novel. Booklist (starred)

Author Bio

Julia Glassis the author ofThree Junes,winner of the 2002 National Book Award for Fiction;The Whole World Over; I See You Everywhere,winner of the 2009 Binghamton University John Gardner Book Award; andThe Widower's Tale. Her essays have been widely anthologized. A recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York Foundation for the Arts, and the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Glass also teaches fiction writing, most frequently at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown. She lives with her family in Marblehead, Massachusetts.