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This is Everywhere in Chains: Secrets of the North Shore

What happens when a popular priest returns to a northern Minnesota parish where he was stationed twenty years before?

An ancient church burns. A family is torn apart. A small city on Lake Superior’s North Shore convulses with misdirected rage and calls for retribution.

A cell is occupied at fortress prison Shade Creek. Justice and the past vanish. A severed hand, a broken weather vane, and a scorched letter mark a trail back to the truth.

Fourteen years later, a determined young woman sets out on that trail, a personal odyssey to find an imprisoned father she can’t remember. She will uncover what the world has kept from her since the day she was born.

Guided by the haunting presence of his Navy chaplain uncle, a good priest battles a disgraced one for the soul of a community and the salvation of his parish.

A generous old man in the shadow of prison walls sells his birthright to settle old scores in the name of enduring love and faith.

From the editor’s note to readers for this revised edition:

Coincidentally, Everywhere in Chains was first published just as civil lawsuits against Minnesota dioceses were making headlines. The novel might have encouraged yet more victims to come forward. The story of Penelope’s father, sexually abused as a child, is simply and beautifully told. Had it dwelt upon sexual abuse in horrific detail, it might have been dismissed as sensationalist propaganda aimed at bestseller sales. Instead, heartfelt, truthful narration invited empathy for the victim and his family.

Get this revised collectible edition:

In this revised collectible edition, subtitled Secrets of the North Shore, you now have the entire story as it was written. The author’s wife, Kate Casper, has lovingly curated and edited it based upon the original manuscript. If you enjoy this special Farhaven Press book as much as I hope you will, tell someone else about it, and send a note my way. I promise to respond.

Cordially,

Kate Casper, Palm Sunday, 2019