The sin eater
Campisi, Megan, 1976-2021
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An old adage says there are really only two stories: a man goes on a voyage, and a stranger arrives in town. This is the third: a woman breaks the rules. Can you uncover the truth when you're forbidden from speaking it? A Sin Eater's duty is a necessary evil: she hears the confessions of the dying, eats their sins as a funeral rite. Stained by these sins, she is shunned and silenced, doomed to live in exile at the edge of town. Recently orphaned May Owens is just fourteen, only concerned with where her next meal is coming from. When she's arrested for stealing a loaf of bread, however, and subsequently sentenced to become a Sin Eater, finding food is suddenly the last of her worries. It's a devastating sentence, but May's new invisibility opens new doors.
Main title:
The sin eater / Megan Campisi.
Author:
Campisi, Megan, 1976-, author
Imprint:
London : Pan, 2021.
Collation:
xv, 351 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: New York: Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2020.
ISBN:
9781529019070 (pbk. :)
Language:
English
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BRN:
1962820
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