{"product_id":"every-inch-a-saint-a-novel-about-eileen-oconnor-australias-second-saint-in-waiting-9781966608417","title":"Every Inch a Saint: A Novel about Eileen O'Connor, Australia's Second Saint-In-Waiting","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe true story, woven with fiction, of Eileen O'Connor-Australia's saint-in-waiting\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this inspirational novel, a family traumatized by addiction and catastrophe discover their great-grandmother's lost account of Australia's saint-in-waiting--a severely disabled woman who barely survived childhood but defied the Catholic Church and provided free nursing care in Sydney's slums--and miracles happen. With a dual timeline, novelist Kate Clinch weaves the story of Eileen O'Connor, whose cause for sainthood is currently active in Rome, with the lives of a fictional contemporary family a century after her death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe backdrop is Sydney in the midst of World War I and the Spanish Flu. Eileen is crippled by tuberculosis, partial paralysis, and interminable pain. Her determination and faith that she is called to help others, drives her to establish a private domiciliary nursing organization, and brings her into conflict with the Catholic hierarchy. A diverse array of colorful fictional characters and situations also then help bring to life this twentieth-century story of courage and resiliency. One of Eileen's friends, believing her to be a living saint, records Eileen's story, leaving it to be found like a lost artifact, in 2019.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in England, \u003cb\u003eKate Clinch\u003c\/b\u003e has lived in Australia since she was six. After a near-death experience, she left her medical practice and began researching and writing about spiritual matters--especially mysterious soul connections and miraculous healings. She's co-authored research papers as a doctor, in the 1990's wrote regular columns on garden history for \u003ci\u003eAustralian Doctor\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, and in the 2000's on homeschooling for \u003ci\u003eEducation Choices\u003c\/i\u003e magazine. Her unpublished first novel was long-listed in Australia for the Richell Prize for Emerging Writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2020, after meeting Eileen O'Connor's nuns to discuss \u003ci\u003eEvery Inch a Saint\u003c\/i\u003e, she wrote them a medical report to support the investigation into her sainthood. She lives in Adelaide.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Monkfish Book Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52197037015314,"sku":"9781966608417","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4e8c3d10-72e9-4e0c-90ed-5f711166c2d3.jpg?v=1776161458","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/every-inch-a-saint-a-novel-about-eileen-oconnor-australias-second-saint-in-waiting-9781966608417","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}