Many thanks to NetGalley, Lake Union Publishing and Brilliance Audio for gifting me a digital ARC of this wonderful novel by Olivia Hawker, perfectly narrated by Jackie Zebrowski. All opinions expressed in this review are my own - 4.5 stars rounded up!
It's 1947 when Sister Mary Agnes arrives in New Mexico to establish a monastery in the town of Roswell. Just weeks before, rumors of a crash landing of an unidentified craft triggered a crisis of faith. Residents are looking now to science and the stairs rather than the divine. But then Sister Mary Agnes meets Betty Campbell, a teenager marked physically by the crash, and also finds herself drawn to Harvey, the handyman refurbishing the monastery. She soon has her own crisis of doubt about her faith.
As a Catholic and also a big fan of X-Files who worked at Wright-Patterson AFB, is it any wonder that I loved this book? I'm always open to the conversation between science, faith, and doubt and this was all played out with the infamous Roswell UFO and government conspiracy. The characters feel very real and it harkens back to a time when few colleges were coed, and women in science were rare. You'll feel for the father who just wants to protect his daughter, and the daughter who just wants to spread her wings. The author's notes were fascinating as well, so don't miss them. The narration was great and I loved getting lost in this story.
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