Margot Douaihy’s heartfelt crime novel, Scorched Grace (10 hours), follows a tattooed queer nun named Sister Holiday after an arson assault on her college in New Orleans. The devastating occasions at Saint Sebastian’s activate the unconventional nun’s already decided nature, compelling her to uncover the wrongdoer—however so as to take action, she should reckon with the life she left behind.
Actor Mara Wilson (finest identified for her roles in Matilda and Mrs. Doubtfire) brings a buoyant spirit to her efficiency of Sister Holiday, accentuating the nun’s sardonic nature. In a gradual, generally sensuous tone that shifts seamlessly right into a New Orleans accent when wanted, Wilson delivers Sister Holiday’s fierce sensibility, leans into the emotional panorama created by Douaihy’s beautiful, descriptive language and emphasizes the well-paced novel’s intimacies and contradictions. Gripping, subversive and honest, Scorched Grace is certain to captivate listeners.
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