Thanks to Netgalley and FSG for the ebook. In rural America, the Catholic Church is falling on hard times. A parish outside Buffalo closes and four sisters that work there are sent to Rhode Island where they will change from running a day care center to running a halfway house for local parolees with substance abuse issues. The sisters, all in their late twenties, are described as Frances was the mouth, Mary Lucille the heart, Therese the legs and Agatha, the narrator of the novel, is the eyes. But Agatha is so much more. Anyone can watch all that goes on, but Agatha misses nothing and she’s constantly processing what she sees and what it means to her, her sisters and to the church and how there grow more and more cracks between them. Agatha also starts to teach geometry at the local Catholic girl’s school and connects more to herself at that age. But most importantly, Agatha starts to find her voice. Once she starts asking questions, and questioning who she is, life changes are inevitable. This book is written in short chapters that add up to so much and are told with great humor and love, while not shying away from any of life’s very hard questions. I think this is an extraordinary first novel and I’m excited to see where the author goes next.