“Very much reminiscent of The Handmaid’s Tale…it transcends its historical roots to give us a modern heroine” ( Kirkus Reviews). To avenge her death, May must find out who placed the deer heart on the coffin and why.
She is taken to prison, tortured, and killed. When a deer heart appears on the coffin of a royal governess who did not confess to the dreadful sin it represents, the older Sin Eater refuses to eat it. Orphaned and friendless, apprenticed to an older Sin Eater who cannot speak to her, May must make her way in a dangerous and cruel world she barely understands. The Sin Eater walks among us, unseen, unheardįollowing Her to the grave, unseen, unheardįor the crime of stealing bread, fourteen-year-old May receives a life sentence: she must become a Sin Eater-a shunned woman, brutally marked, whose fate is to hear the final confessions of the dying, eat ritual foods symbolizing their sins as a funeral rite, and thereby shoulder their transgressions to grant their souls access to heaven. “For fans of The Handmaid’s Tale.a debut novel with a dark setting and an unforgettable heroine.is a riveting depiction of hard-won female empowerment” ( The Washington Post).
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