| Act of Contrition Contributor(s): Giles, Janice Holt (Author), Hall, Wade (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0813191491 ISBN-13: 9780813191492 Publisher: University Press of Kentucky OUR PRICE: $23.75 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2005 Annotation: Now available in paperback for the first time, Act of Contrition focuses on the intimate relationship between Regina, a widow, and Michael, a young doctor whose wife left him for another man. Yet in the eyes of the church, Michael is not free to divorce his wife and marry Regina. In an emotional climax, Regina must decide if she loves Michael enough to give him up or if she?ll force him to choose between her and his God. Janice Holt Giles? historical fiction made her a bestselling novelist in the late 1940s and 1950s. In 1957 she penned this story involving one man's struggle to choose between the Catholic Church and the woman he loves. Giles? agent and publisher feared the work would cause ?irreparable harm? to her reputation and discouraged her from pursuing publication. The novel was finally published in 2001. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2005281611 |
| Physical Information: 0.68" H x 6.06" W x 8.76" (0.81 lbs) 264 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Catholic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Act of Contrition focuses on the intimate relationship between Regina, a widow, and Michael, a young doctor whose wife left him for another man. Having found happiness in one another, they desire nothing more than to be together. Yet in the eyes of the Catholic Church, Michael is not free to divorce his wife and marry Regina. In an emotional climax Regina must decide if she loves Michael enough to give him up or if she'll force him to choose between her and God. By modern standards, Giles's love scenes are tasteful, and the general atmosphere of ecumenism within today's Catholic Church renders moot many of the tensions in the novel. Yet in 1957 Giles's agent and publisher feared the work would cause "irreparable harm" to her reputation. As late as 1972 Giles was revising in the hopes of seeing the novel published. Finally her wish is fulfilled. Janice Holt Giles (1905-1979), author of nineteen books, lived and wrote near Knifley, Kentucky, for thirty-four years. Her biography is Janice Holt Giles: A Writer's Life. |