The Dearly Beloved

"A moving portrait of love and friendship set against a backdrop of social change." —The New York Times "Here is the power of the novel in its simplest, richest for: bearing intimate witness to human beings grappling with their faith and falling in love. That Wall executes it so beautifully? Well, this is exactly why we read literary fiction." —Entertainment Weekly (A-) "When I began reading The Dearly Beloved I braced for piety, worried it might be a book only a believer could appreciate. Instead, I found myself carried along by Cara Wall's luminous prose, and then by these characters and their stories. I saw myself in their doubts, in their hopes. There is no moralizing here, only empathy. When I arrived at the end I felt absolutely lifted by the spirit of the story." —Mary Beth Keane, New York Times bestselling author of Ask Again, YesCharles and Lily, James and Nan. They meet...