{"product_id":"little-hours-paperback","title":"Little Hours - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLil Copan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2022 GOLD WINNER: NAUTILUS BOOK AWARDS - FICTION\/SMALL PRESS \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e2022 FINALIST: NEXT GENERATION INDIE BOOK AWARDS - REGIONAL FICTION  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eREVIEWS\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"I read it straight through. I'm not confident that I even breathed while reading it. The novel is a wonder! Formally, literarily, and spiritually, it's just staggering. Wise and absorbing. Reading LITTLE HOURS, I had the all too rare experience of losing the self-conscious awareness that I was reading; I was, instead, simply and suddenly placed in a world that was both familiar and unfamiliar to me. What a gift.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e-\u003cb\u003eLauren F. Winner\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eGirl Meets God\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"What characters they are: finely drawn, indelibly comic, charming, irascible, forbidding, wise. And foolish, as we all are, in most compelling, most believable, ways. Beautiful writing and penetrating intelligence . . . [reminding us] sometimes wayward paths end up being the surest.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e-\u003cb\u003eCarlene Bauer\u003c\/b\u003e, author of\u003ci\u003e Frances and Bernard\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Gorgeously written. Lil Copan's luminous new book will do wonders for your soul.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e-\u003cb\u003eJames Martin\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eBuilding a Bridge\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Little Hours is immediately funny, intimate, and soul-tending. From the first exchange of letters, you love the women writing them. You realize that their questions, desires, and temptations are your own, so you hang on every word, waiting to learn and grow along with these beautiful characters. This book is so true, and so gentle and loving in its truth telling.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e-\u003cb\u003eVinita Hampton Wright\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eVelma Still Cooks in Leeway\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"This is one of the best models for spiritual companionship I've seen in print. It's a profound book. I hope that my listeners will pick it up and will love it as I have loved it.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e-\u003cb\u003eDavid Dault\u003c\/b\u003e, host of Things Not Seen radio show and podcast \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eBOOK DESCRIPTION\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Miriam-restless, and longing for something she cannot name-picks up a copy of \u003ci\u003eSister Bird's Guide to Small Birds\u003c\/i\u003e she finds on the last page an invitation from the Sisters at St. Hildegard Monastery on Plover Point-\"we gladly respond to questions about the life of birds and the life of faith.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDebut novelist Lil Copan brings us a book for birdwatchers, coffee drinkers, baseball fans, bumper-sticker readers, animal lovers and all those who care about\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e life's most piercing, unanswerable, tender, humanizing questions.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne set of letters over the course of two years reveals deep internal conflicts, a small farm on the verge of going under, a nun with a gambling addiction, and another with a profound secret that might upend everything the community worked so hard for. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen an innocent birding question begins this special correspondence, what emerges is \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ea revelatory journey of the spirit.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 324\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.73 x 8 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 09, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42159393407111,"sku":"9781733920070","price":25.63,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/b411d42d320c3498bda91fb60e9b42df.webp?v=1733266263","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/little-hours-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}