Books by Jennifer Haigh

"e;[Haigh is] an expertnatural storyteller with an acute sense of her characters' humanity."e; NewYork Times"e;We have the intriguing possibility that the nextgreat American author is already in print."e; Fort Worth Star-TelegramWhen Sheila McGann setsout to redeem her disgraced brother, a once-beloved Catholic priest in suburbanBoston, her quest will force her to confront cataclysmic truths about herfractured Irish-American family, her beliefs, and, ultimately, herself.Award-winning author Jennifer Haigh follows hercritically acclaimed novels Mrs. Kimbleand The Condition with a captivating,vividly rendered portrait of fraying family ties, and the trials of belief anddevotion, in Faith.

The Condition tells the story of a proper New England family that comes apart one fateful summer. To their dismay, Frank and Paulette McKotch's daughter, Gwen, has been diagnosed with Turner's syndrome?a genetic condition that leaves her trapped forever in the body of a child, and sparks heated dispute between the couple.Twenty years later, their three children?now grown, and each struggling with secret conditions of their own?are still dealing with the fallout of Frank and Paulette's divorce. Then, suddenly, Gwen falls in love for the first time, and the family's world is again tilted on its axis.In an era when individual quirks look increasingly like symptoms and every symptom demands to be treated, the McKotches are determined to fix themselves and each other. They are a family for our time.

Boston-based Pangyrus continues to bring an unusually accessible, international and urgent sensibility to the world of literary magazines.  In this, its third volume, comics journalism and memoir mix with international political and personal essays, fiction, and a surprising and powerful range of poetry.