Solo Voices

A Novel of Forgiveness

by Irene Mahoney, o.s.u.


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Book Details

Language : English
Publication Date : 4/25/2011

Format : Softcover
Dimensions : 6x9
Page Count : 432
ISBN : 9781456767068

About the Book

The theme of "Solo Voices: A Novel of Forgiveness" has been stirring in my consciousness for years. Forgiveness: that complex and essential quality of human happiness. Do we recognize the need for forgiveness and are we able to rise above our petty resentments to offer it? And when it is offered, can we be humble enough to accept it? The three women of "Solo Voices"--Bessie, Natalie and Veronica--each from a different perspective--must face the need for forgiveness. They are strong women, drawn together by family relationships and their love for Daniel Rafferty. In their diverse roles and from their divergent perspectives they work out their destinies. Bessie touches the core of their lives and their conflicts when she prays over Veronica's coffin: "Forgive us both for we have shed innocent blood."


About the Author

Irene Mahoney avers that she can hardly remember a time when "stories" were not the most important thing in her life. She was fortunate in attending an experimental school which encouraged her not only to read stories but to analyze them and then begin writing them herself. Her years of university teaching--encouraging young people to find their voice and explore the craft of writing--enlarged her own hoizons. An opportunity to teach abroad, especially in the Far' East, further widened her experience and provided a new perspective. Out of all this came a number of historically based biographies which she found professionally satisfying but which did not satisfy her desire to write fiction. In time she produced two novels: "Seven Sons," a mystery and "Accidental Grace," a novel dealing with her own religious experience. Of "Solo Voices," her current novel, Mahoney writes, "Somewhere hidden away "Solo Voices," which had long been in my consciousness, bided its time, waiting for the moment when my voice was ready for the task."