Patron Saint of Liars 英文原版

　　Since her first publication in 1992, celebrated novelist AnnPatchett has crafted a number of elegant novels, garneringaccolades and awards along the way. Now comes a reissue of thebest-selling debut novel that launched her remarkable career.

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