Sin Eater : a novel / Megan Campisi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Campisi, Megan, 1976- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Forgiveness of sin--Fiction.

Forgiveness of sin.

Great Britain--History--Elizabeth, 1558-1603--Fiction.

Great Britain.

History.

Genre:

Fiction.

Historical fiction.

History.

Physical Description:

284 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First Atria Books hardcover edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Atria Books, 2020.

Language Note:

Text in English.

Summary:

"In Elizabeth I's England, a fourteen-year-old girl who steals a loaf of bread is sentenced to be a sin eater, a shunned woman who must assume the sins of the dead, and becomes drawn into a dangerous mystery at the heart of a corrupt and violent court. 'The Sin Eater walks among us, unseen, unheard / Sins of our flesh become sins of Hers / Following Her to the grave, unseen, unheard / The Sin Eater Walks Among Us.' For the crime of stealing bread, fourteen-year-old May receives a life sentence: she must become a Sin Eater--a shunned woman, brutally marked, whose fate is to hear the final confessions of the dying, eat ritual foods symbolizing their sins as a funeral rite, and thereby shoulder their transgressions to grant their souls access to heaven. Orphaned and friendless, apprenticed to an older Sin Eater who cannot speak to her, May must make her way in a dangerous and cruel world she barely understands. When a deer heart appears on the coffin of a royal governess who did not confess to the dreadful sin it represents, the older Sin Eater refuses to eat it. She is taken to prison, tortured, and killed. To avenge her death, May must find out who placed the deer heart on the coffin and why"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781982124106

1982124105

OCLC:

1129158866

Publisher Number:

99984106280