About the Author

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Jeannette Haien is the author of the acclaimed novel The All of It , winner of the Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. In addition to her career as a writer, Jeannette Haien is well known as a concert pianist and teacher. She and her husband, a lawyer, live in New York City and Connemara, Ireland.

Praise For…

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“One of the year’s finest novels, a moral story of the most complex sort.” — Peter Prescott, Newsweek

“An elegantly written, compact and often subtle tale of morality and passion that gives voice to an age-old concern in a fresh way.” — New York Times Book Review

“Jeannette Haien is a writer of vast compassion, and her characters are rich in something all too rare these days: dignity.” — Newsday

“A quiet little stunner, written with the sure hand of an artist and the ear of a seasoned storyteller.” — St. Louis Post-Dispatch

“A beautiful miniature, written by an author with a love of language and a flair for storytelling.” — Cleveland Plain Dealer