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BENEFICENCE

Meredith Hall

A Novel

After a sudden and terrible loss, how does a loving family find their way back to the goodness and peace they once shared? Reviewers and readers have called this literary historical novel "hauntingly beautiful," "a masterpiece of compassion," "“a page-turner and an artistic triumph."

Written by a masterful storyteller, this is a book that illuminates the journey we make through grief to healing.

In the midst of a nearly perfect life, Doris Senter is thankful but wary. "We can't ever know what will come," she says. When an unimaginable tragedy turns the family of five into a family of four, everything the Senters held faith in is shattered. The family is consumed by sorrow and guilt. Slowly, the surviving family members find their way to forgiveness?of themselves and of each other.

Few writers know the human heart and the burden of grief as New York Times bestselling author Meredith Hall (Without a Map). This is a radiant novel of goodness and love?both its gifts and its obligations?that will stay with readers long after the last page. With a rare tenderness and compassion, Beneficence shows broken hearts becoming whole as this family reclaims their love and peace.
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Published 2021-09-01 by Godine

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A modern American masterpiece?Dani Shapiro

"Powerful...meticulous prose." Read more...

"the novel's magnificence sneaks up." Read more...

Spanish: Palabra

Beneficence is a marvel. In its granular attention to detail and soaring larger themes -- not to mention its setting and subject matter—it reminds me of two of my favorite contemporary novels, Jane Hamilton's A Map of the World and Jane Smiley's A Thousand Acres. This book will stay with me; I will cherish it. -- Christina Baker Kline, #1 New York Times bestselling author

As quiet and as profound as the ocean's depths, Meredith Hall's Beneficence fathoms the meaning of love, family, grief, and compassion. The book glitters. It gives a perfect rendering of life's loveliness, just as it reminds us of how much we all have at stake in every precious moment.” —Geraldine Brooks, Pulitzer Prize winner

"As organically as it traveled to heartbreak, Beneficence progresses to the place of wisdom that lies beyond it."

"A quiet but steady book, one that echoes ancient and important rhythms." Read more...

If the word ‘luminous' didn't already exist, you'd have to invent it to describe Meredith Hall's radiant new novel Beneficence.?Richard Russo