Kimble became a surprise bestseller when it was published in 2003. Haigh was astonished at how quickly everything came together. She also caught the attention of a literary agent scouting the grad school for new talent and was signed to a two-book contract. While she was at Iowa, she completed the manuscript for her first novel, Mrs. She was accepted into the prestigious Iowa Writers' Workshop and enrolled in their two-year M.F.A. She moved to Baltimore (where it was cheaper to live), supported herself as a yoga instructor, and began to publish short stories in various literary magazines. It was not until her 30th birthday that she was bitten by the writing bug.

Haigh spent most of the decade working in publishing, first for Rodale Press in Pennsylvania, then for Self magazine in New York City. After college, she moved to France on a Fulbright Scholarship, returning to the U.S. Although she began writing as a student at Dickinson College, her undergraduate degree was in French. The daughter of a librarian and a high school English teacher, Jennifer Haigh was raised with her older brother in the coal-mining town of Barnesboro, Pennsylvania. Currently-lives in Boston, Massachusetts.PEN/Hemingway Award for Outstanding First Fiction, Mrs.

Education-B.A., Dickenson College M.F.A., Iowa Writers'.

Elegantly crafted, sharply observed, this is Jennifer Haigh’s most ambitious novel to date. A suspenseful tale of one woman’s quest for the truth, Faith is a haunting meditation on loyalty and family, doubt and belief.

But most disturbing of all is Art himself, who dodges Sheila’s questions and refuses to defend himself.Īs secrets begin to surface, Faith explores the corrosive consequences of one family’s history of silence-and the resilience it finds through forgiveness. Sheila’s younger brother, Mike, has convicted his brother in his heart. Her strict mother is in a state of angry denial. Faith explores the fallout for one devout family.Įstranged from her family, Sheila McGann returns home when her older brother, Art-a popular pastor-finds himself at the center of the maelstrom. In the spring of 2002, a perfect storm hits Boston: Trusted priests are accused of the worst possible betrayal.

Faith a novel by jennifer haigh