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The Penance Room
Carol Coffey
Broken Hill Nursing Home is a house laden down with secrets, its residents now settled in Australia but living out their troubled lives trapped in the past. Thirteen-year-old Christopher, whose parents run the home, is its self-appointed guardian. Deaf since childhood, his foot severed in a horrific accident, he notices what others miss. Isolated and ignored, he is obsessed with helping these damaged souls find the peace they crave. He befriends the beautiful young Maria whose strange sadness puzzles him, then gains an ally when a mysterious young man arrives to record the extraordinary lives of the aging immigrants. Christopher eagerly awaits the transformations he expects will result from these ‘confessions’. But will delving into the past disturb the residents’ fragile mental state and open up a Pandora's box that was best left closed? And can Christopher himself survive their terrible disclosures
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"Carol Coffey is a must-read for fans of Jodi Picoult" - Sunday Independent
'A strong plot and clever storytelling . . . giving the novel that unputdownable quality' Irish Independent