Emily Holman is in the third year of her doctoral studies at the University of Oxford, where she works on the relationship between literature and moral knowledge. She has published short stories and poetry and is finishing a novel.
"Deeply Christian, she has no desire to impose her religion on others, but only to work together to make her country better. Her open, humble practice stays with me"
The stories in Colum McCann's collection each have thirteen sections that build slowly, surely toward denouement. By the end, a shift in perspective has taken place.
