{"product_id":"9781636283623","title":"The Bells : A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eAUTHOR OF LIVID • SHORTLISTED FOR THE MISSOURI REVIEW EDITORS PRIZE, THE SARTON AWARD, AND THE NAUTILUS AWARD \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCai Emmons awes readers with the release of  THE BELLS\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"An immersive psychological portrait of one man's battle with lifelong anger and guilt.\"-Kirkus Reviews\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"A book Cai finished on the day she died, is a story of life: how to live fully, embrace our messy complications, and swim toward love.\"-Miriam Gershow, author of Closer and Survival Tips: Stories\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThirty-three-year-old Niall O'Malley has failed a five-year mission to live as a monk and is attempting to redefine himself as a high school teacher in New Jersey.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs The Bells opens, thirty-three-year-old Niall O'Malley has failed a five-year mission to live as a monk and is attempting to redefine himself as a high school teacher in New Jersey. The transition has been bumpy. He loves teaching history to inner city teens, but he hits a roadblock when a belligerent student, Colton, possibly a white-supremacist, behaves in ways that threaten Niall. As troubles mount at school, Niall's girlfriend Lluvia pressures him into making a deeper commitment to their relationship. She wants them to move in together with Lluvia's pre-teen daughter and elderly mother.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHaunted by his failure as a Cistercian monk and his troubles with one man in particular, the abusive Brother Thomas, Niall abandons Lluvia and heads back to his old monastery in Massachusetts for a final showdown with Thomas, now dying of ALS. Redemption for Niall is elusive as he strives to mend his faith.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Red Hen Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48870608896235,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":32.87,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/4484\/5803\/files\/9781636283623-1.jpg?v=1781695108","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.sg\/products\/9781636283623","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Singapore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}