{"product_id":"book-d95b","title":"The Sacrament","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe haunting, vivid story of a nun whose past returns to her in unexpected ways, all while investigating a mysterious death and a series of harrowing abuse claims.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA young nun is sent by the Vatican to investigate allegations of misconduct at a Catholic school in Iceland. During her time there, on a gray winter’s day, a young student at the school watches the school’s headmaster, Father August Franz, fall to his death from the church tower.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo decades later, the child—now a grown man, haunted by the past—calls the nun back to the scene of the crime. Seeking peace and calm in her twilight years at a convent in France, she has no choice to make a trip to Iceland again, a trip that brings her former visit, as well as her years as a young woman in Paris, powerfully and sometimes painfully to life. In Paris, she met an Icelandic girl who she has not seen since, but whose acquaintance changed her life, a relationship she relives all while reckoning with the mystery of August Franz’s death and the abuses of power that may have brought it on.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Sacrament\u003c\/em\u003e, critically acclaimed novelist Olaf Olafsson looks deeply at the complexity of our past lives and selves; the faulty nature of memory; and the indelible mark left by the joys and traumas of youth. Affecting and beautifully observed, \u003cem\u003eThe Sacrament \u003c\/em\u003eis both propulsively told and poignantly written—tinged with the tragedy of life’s regrets but also moved by the possibilities of redemption, a new work from a novelist who consistently surprises and challenges.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49344540901680,"sku":"BDd95b","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49344540934448,"sku":"ZEd95b","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49344540967216,"sku":"ZMd95b","price":45.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/d95b-Square-cover.jpg?v=1778363511","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-d95b","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}