![]() ![]() Luchette’s protagonist, Sister Agatha, is quieter and more obedient than Groff’s Abbess Marie, but no less memorable. A cash-strapped parish in upstate New York must send a group of four sisters packing to Woonsocket, R.I., to run a halfway house while the church is roiled by continued revelations of abuse by priests. Lauren Groff, a three-time National Book Award finalist, sets her novel, Matrix, in the 12th century, weaving historical details inspired by the mystical poet Marie de France (who some scholars think might have been Marie, Abbess of Shaftsbury, the half-sister of the English king Henry II) with the output of her formidable imagination to create an indelible fictional character.Ĭlaire Luchette, whom the National Book Foundation just honored with its “5 Under 35” designation, sets Agatha of Little Neon in the contemporary church. ![]()
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