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The last sin eater : a novel  Cover Image Large Print Book Large Print Book

The last sin eater : a novel / Francine Rivers.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0786233907 (lg. print : hc : alk. paper) :
  • Physical Description: 472 p. (large print) ; 22 cm.
  • Edition: Large print ed.
  • Publisher: Waterville, Me. : Thorndike Press, 2001.
Subject: Mothers and daughters > Fiction.
Mountain life > Fiction.
Young women > Fiction.
Atonement > Fiction.
Large type books.
Great Smoky Mountains (N.C. and Tenn.) > Fiction.
Christian fiction.
Genre: Historical fiction. Coming-of-age fiction.
Bildungsromans. Coming-of-age fiction.

Available copies

  • 3 of 3 copies available at GRPL.

Holds

0 current holds with 3 total copies.

Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Main Large Print Fiction Rivers (Text) 31307012945616 Large Print Available -
Van Belkum Large Print Fiction Rivers (Text) 31307014576765 Large Print Available -
West Leonard Large Print Fiction Rivers (Text) 31307014576757 Large Print Available -

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The Last Sin Eater
The Last Sin Eater
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Rivers breaks from her romances and historicals to tell the unusual story of Cadi Forbes, growing up in the 1850s in an Appalachian-Welsh community, where all believe in the "sin eater," a mystical being who takes up the sins of the dead to ease their passage into the afterlife.

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Even in her romances, Rivers (Redeeming Love, LJ 11/1/97) tackles some difficult issues, so this story of a family and a community in turmoil is different from her other books only in that it lacks a love interest. Ten-year-old Cadi's grief over her beloved grandmother‘the only person who seemed to love her unconditionally‘is compounded by a previous family tragedy for which she believes her family blames her. While at her grandmother's grave, Cadi sees the "sin eater," a human who absolves the residents of the tiny Smoky Mountain community of their sins. Somehow Cadi, touchingly portrayed by Rivers, comes to realize that the sin eater is false and learns of Jesus, and her conversion to Christianity leads to a reconciliation with her family. Rivers delivers both a powerful message about Christian beliefs and the need for forgiveness of sins and an evocative portrayal of life in the 1850s. Highly recommended. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.


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