From the National Book Award-winning author of Three Junes, a
"tender, insightful, and winning exploration of the modern family and
the infinite number of shapes it can take" (People).
Kit Noonan is an unemployed art historian with twins to support, a
mortgage to pay, and a frustrated wife who insists that, to move
forward, Kit must first confront a crucial mystery about his past. Born
to a single teenage mother, he has never known the identity of his
biological father.
Kit's search begins with his onetime stepfather, Jasper, a
take-no-prisoners Vermont outdoorsman, and ultimately leads him to Fenno
McLeod, the beloved protagonist of Glass's award-winning novel Three
Junes. Immersing readers in a panorama that stretches from Vermont to
the tip of Cape Cod, And the Dark Sacred Night is an unforgettable
novel about the youthful choices that steer our destinies, the necessity
of forgiveness, and the risks we take when we face down the shadows of
our past.