North of Hope
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"Hassler's brilliance has always been his ability to achieve the depth of real literature through such sure-handed, no-gimmicks, honest language that the result appears effortless."
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—Richard Russo, New York Times Book Review
"Hassler has tapped every pulse with his pen. This is his sixth novel, and it is great."
—Detroit Free Press
Master storyteller Jon Hassler draws us into the vividly rendered, emotionally charged world of Father Frank Healy, a priest hoping to reawaken a vocation that he fears is leaking away. Working at a mission on an Ojibway reservation in Northern Minnesota, Frank unexpectedly encounters his old high school girlfriend, Libby, and is swept up in a gripping drama of temptation, crime, and love that shows him how wounded hearts are healed. This absorbing novel, among Hassler's finest, is a beautifully told tale of blighted spirits restored by the power of hope.
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