Saints for All Occasions by J. Courtney Sullivan. Alfred A. Knopf, 2017. Adult fiction.A heartfelt story about an Irish Catholic family and their secrets and what means most to them. When sisters Nora and Theresa leave Ireland to come to America as young women, Nora is engaged. Years later, the two are estranged. One is married with children, the other is a nun in a cloistered abbey. The novel begins in 2009 with a tragic death and alternates with the backstory over the years since the late 1950's. The characters are believable. The twists keep readers going. Sullivan does a good job of showing the changing times and differences in cultures. The most important part of the book to take away is the ability to simply say, "I shouldn't have acted that way. Please forgive me."
