Megan Campisi
Autor von Sin Eater
Werke von Megan Campisi
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- USA
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- San Francisco, California, USA
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- Brooklyn, New York, USA
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This historical fiction centers around 14-year-old orphaned May Owen, who was arrested for stealing a loaf of bread and was subsequently sentenced to be a sin eater in Elizabethan England. There was another older sin eater, and both were shunned by everyone in the community. Their mantra is "The Unseen is now seen and the Unheard is now heard. The sins of your flesh become the sins of mine to be borne to my grave in silence." She learns that certain foods are associated with certain sins.
When the older sin eater is incarcerated and dies a brutal death, May takes on their duties by herself because she has no choice. She becomes puzzled by food she is requested to eat that symbolizes an unconfessed death. This is a suspenseful mystery as it evolves and a fascinating look into the life of a fictional sin eater.… (mehr)