A very human story about a minister who does not believe in God, who covets his best friends wife, and who also spent three days underground with the devil and liked him.
I was riveted by the story of the young Gideon and his strict religious upbringing, his youthful attempts at rebellion and then his slipping into the life that is expected of him by his parents.
Gideon is a good man, who works hard for his parish, but is bothered by his deception of not believing in God. After his wife is taken from him in an accident events start to unfold that will change his life, and his beliefs, forever.
Set in Monimaskit, a small town in Scotland, there are supernatural undertones throughout, but it is mainly about Gideon’s upbringing, his charity work, and the unlikely friendship he strikes up with Catherine Craigie, the local town historian, whose bizarre burial wishes accentuates Gideon’s downfall from the church.
A story about legends, faith and friendship, and the hope that there is something beyond the grave.
An unexpected wonderful read.
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