The story of two young sisters, Nora and Theresa, who leave Ireland in the 1950s and head to Boston. Their paths diverge quickly when one of them becomes pregnant by a married man. The consequences of their rift play out over generations, and a kind of resolution comes only years later at the funeral of Patrick, one sister's son.
Sullivan writes using straightforward, plain language, which gives an emotionally-charged tale nice balance. The excellent sense of time, place and people here would lead me to pick up another Sullivan novel. My only objection to Saints was a later chapter or two detailing the travails of Catholic women religious in the U.S., a cause with which I am wholly sympathetic; but the inclusion felt forced and was unnecessary to the plot.
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