The Devoted: A Novel
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4.3 • 3 Ratings
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- $11.99
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
Longlisted for the Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize
“As tender and fervent as a prayer.”—New York Times Book Review
Nicole Hennessy’s world revolves around her Boston Zendo, to the chagrin of her Irish Catholic family. As she struggles to break free from a psychological and sexual entanglement with her mentor, her past finally catches up with her. A spellbinding confession of what it means to abandon one life for another, The Devoted asks what it takes, and what you’ll sacrifice, to find enlightenment.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Like a late-‘80s Madonna album, Blair Hurley’s remarkable debut unfolds in the place where sex, love, and faith intersect. A troubled young woman breaks from her deeply conservative Catholic family to seek serenity in a Buddhist zendo. Instead, she dives into a demanding, obsessive relationship with her teacher. Hurley is genuinely interested in her heroine’s spiritual exploration, handling philosophical and real-world issues of Zen and Catholicism with sensitive insight. And to top it off, she’s written a gripping psychological novel that’s full of terse, biting dialogue.
