JeannetteHaiens award-winning first novel relates theseemingly simple tale of a parishioner confiding in her priest, but the tangledconfession brings secrets to light that provoke a moral quandary for not onlythe clergyman, but the reader as well. Set in a small town in Ireland, Haiens intimate novel of conversations anddilemmasperfect for readers of Paul Hardings Tinkers, Marilynne Robinsons Gilead, and Flannery OConnorsWise Bloodis an elegantly written, compact and often subtle tale ofmorality and passion that gives voice to an age-old concern in a fresh way (NewYork Times Book Review).Harper Perennial breathes new life into this 1986 classic in a new edition withan introduction by Ann Patchett.JeannetteHaiens award-winning first novel relates theseemingly simple tale of a parishioner confiding in her priest, but the tangledconfession brings secrets to light that provoke a moral quandary for not onlythe clergyman, but the reader as well. Set in a small town in Ireland, Haiens intimate novel of conversations anddilemmasperfect for readers of Paul Hardings Tinkers, Marilynne Robinsons Gilead, and Flannery OConnorsWise Bloodis an elegantly written, compact and often subtle tale ofmorality and passion that gives voice to an age-old concern in a fresh way (NewYork Times Book Review).Harper Perennial breathes new life into this 1986 classic in a new edition withan introduction by Ann Patchett.