{"product_id":"9781966608417","title":"Every Inch A Saint","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\n\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\n\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","brand":"Kate Clinch","offers":[{"title":"Monkfish Book Publishing |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2026-04-17","offer_id":47353578029311,"sku":"9781966608417","price":46.5,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_536fd60d-834c-45c4-8c4e-b69cf35b241b.jpg?v=1760541103","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781966608417","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}