{"id":4699,"date":"2005-07-29T10:06:07","date_gmt":"2005-07-29T10:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2005\/07\/valley-of-the-bones.html"},"modified":"2005-07-29T10:06:07","modified_gmt":"2005-07-29T10:06:07","slug":"valley-of-the-bones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2005\/07\/valley-of-the-bones.html","title":{"rendered":"Valley of the Bones"},"content":{"rendered":"

Go check out the Happy Catholic’s review of a novel she’s reading – sounds like a keeper<\/a><\/p>\n

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I’m only halfway through so this is just a partial commentary about Valley of the Bones<\/span><\/a> by Michael Gruber. I had to share it though because it is hands-down one of the most interesting books I have read in a very long time, both for technique and content. I first read about it in this month’s Crisis magazine. They rarely review fiction and this is a gritty mystery, so my interest was piqued. When the reviewer said it was a really Catholic book, but without the usual trappings found in a mystery I really perked up my ears.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Go check out the Happy Catholic’s review of a novel she’s reading – sounds like a keeper I’m only halfway through so this is just a partial commentary about Valley of the Bones by Michael Gruber. 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