A young woman is caught in the crosshairs of a community she once trusted.
Meg knows the rules, but does she know herself?
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About Candlewood
First year teacher Meg Joyce toughed it out to get a toehold on the kind of life her family couldn’t give her. She cannnot afford to be out on strike. When her pastor offers her a job at the parish, she believes it’s manna from heaven.
Praise for Candlewood
About Evelyn
Evelyn Ann Casey is the author of stories filled with grace and gumption. Her writing asks hard questions yet reflects hope in the darkest hours. Her debut novel, Candlewood, is peopled with flawed characters finding their footing, and perhaps love, in a world built on the mixed blessing of a tight-knit community.
Essay
EVE’S APPLE
From The Scarlet Letter to The Thorn Birds to Fleabag, the star-crossed love between a woman and a clergyman is a well-told tale. I had no intention of writing another book on the subject.
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At the end of summer a few years ago, I scoped out an empty spot in my garden to plant the mystery daylily I gleaned from a wooden box at farmers market. A handwritten sign on a popsicle stick above the dug-up leftovers invited passers-by to “Take one, or not.”…
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The Barbizon Hotel
When the heroine of my forthcoming novel, Candlewood, moves to New York City in 1979 to reinvent herself, she stays at the Barbizon Hotel for Women. Although she arrives there through a series of mishaps, she finds herself at the iconic address that launched many a dreamer. Paulina Bren, recent author…
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Doorkins Magnificat
What’s a cathedral to do when its beloved tabby climbs the Tree of Life for the last time? Give it a fine sendoff, of course. London’s Southwark Cathedral did just that for their feline friend who mewed among its pews for the last dozen years. Thousands who had come to…
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