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At a mystical house where women can find tenderness and men can redeem themselves for past violence, Justin realizes that as his relationship with Charlotte grows, he must confess that he is one of the men who took part in an attack on her. A first novel. Reprint. 35,000 first printing.
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In a year of war, sixteen-year-old Charlotte sets off on a mission of love in the backwoods of Louisiana, only to be violated by three soldiers in a lonely section of the forest. Charlotte's young life is destroyed, but another life is growing inside her. Years later, in peacetime, Charlotte comes to House of Gentle Men, a mysterious sanctuary where sad, damaged women are administered to by haunted men wishing to atone for their past crimes. Here, Charolotte falls in love with one of the Gentle Men, a tormented young soldier with a terrible secret of his own.An artistic triumph of the highest order, this debut is a transcendent tale of salvation that celebrates the strength of the heart.
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