{"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\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Monkfish Book Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/07\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781966608417\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.93lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.70d","brand":"Kate Clinch","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52403542458549,"sku":"9781966608417","price":25.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_dea2d6ba-cb6f-42a0-af8d-ac1c3bab8e05.jpg?v=1774969624","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/every-inch-a-saint-a-novel-about-eileen-oconnor-australias-second-saint-in-waiting-9781966608417","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}