{"product_id":"every-inch-a-saint-a-novel-about-eileen-oconnor-australias-second-saint-in-waiting-paperback","title":"Every Inch a Saint: A Novel about Eileen O'Connor, Australia's Second Saint-In-Waiting - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe true story, woven with fiction, of Eileen O'Connor-Australia's saint-in-waiting\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this inspirational novel, a family traumatized by addiction and catastrophe discover their great-grandmother's lost account of Australia's saint-in-waiting--a severely disabled woman who barely survived childhood but defied the Catholic Church and provided free nursing care in Sydney's slums--and miracles happen. With a dual timeline, novelist Kate Clinch weaves the story of Eileen O'Connor, whose cause for sainthood is currently active in Rome, with the lives of a fictional contemporary family a century after her death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe backdrop is Sydney in the midst of World War I and the Spanish Flu. Eileen is crippled by tuberculosis, partial paralysis, and interminable pain. Her determination and faith that she is called to help others, drives her to establish a private domiciliary nursing organization, and brings her into conflict with the Catholic hierarchy. A diverse array of colorful fictional characters and situations also then help bring to life this twentieth-century story of courage and resiliency. One of Eileen's friends, believing her to be a living saint, records Eileen's story, leaving it to be found like a lost artifact, in 2019.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50101842182367,"sku":"9781966608417","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/VkxRNUzold9781966608417.webp?v=1781075744","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/every-inch-a-saint-a-novel-about-eileen-oconnor-australias-second-saint-in-waiting-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}