Patron Saint of Liars

Description

St. Elizabeth’s, a home for unwed mothers in Habit, Kentucky, usually harbors its residents for only a little while. Not so Rose Clinton, a beautiful, mysterious woman who comes to the home pregnant but not unwed, and stays. She plans to give up her child, thinking she cannot be the mother it needs. But when Cecilia is born, Rose makes a place for herself and her daughter amid St. Elizabeth’s extended family of nuns and an ever-changing collection of pregnant teenage girls. Rose’s past won’t be kept away, though, even by St. Elizabeth’s; she cannot remain untouched by what she has left behind, even as she cannot change who she has become in the leaving.

First Sentence

TWO O'CLOCK in the morning, a Thursday morning, the first bit of water broke through the ground of George Clatterbuck's back pasture in Habit, Kentucky, and not a living soul saw it.

Subjects

Other Editions

• Patron Saint of LiarsBallantine Books1996-08-27
• The patron saint of liarsThorndike Press1992-01-01
• The Patron Saint of LiarsPaperbackFawcett Books1997-09-01
• The Patron Saint of LiarsPerennial2003-01-01
• The Patron Saint of LiarsPaperbackHarper Perennial2007-09-04
• The Patron Saint of LiarsHarper Perennial2007-09-04