Or has she just been hiding?ĭisarming, delightfully deadpan, and full of searching, Claire Luchette's Agatha of Little Neon offers a view into the lives of women and the choices they make. Who will she be if she isn't with her sisters? These women, the church, have been her home. I picked up Agatha of Little Neon for its unusual subject and I got pulled in by Agathas voice. Agatha is forced to venture out into the world alone to teach math at a local all-girls high school, where for the first time in years she has to reckon all on her own with what she sees and feels. Claire Luchettes debut novel, Agatha of Little Neon, offers a counter-narrative about a young 21st-century nun whos neither a holy fool nor a musical miracle worker nor a monster. They take over the care of a halfway house, where they live alongside their charges, such as the jawless Tim Gary and the headstrong Lawnmower Jill. Or has she just been hiding Disarming, delightfully deadpan, and full of searching, Claire Luchettes Agatha of Little Neon offers a view into the lives of. They land in Woonsocket, a former mill town now dotted with wind turbines.
The four of them are devoted to Mother Roberta and to their quiet, purposeful life.īut when the parish goes broke, the sisters are forced to move. Their world is contained within the little house they share. "An enchanting, sparkling book about the many meanings of sisterhood." -Kristin Iversen, Refinery29Ĭlaire Luchette's debut, Agatha of Little Neon, is a novel about yearning and sisterhood, figuring out how you fit in (or don't), and the unexpected friends who help you find your truest selfĪgatha has lived every day of the last nine years with her sisters: they work together, laugh together, pray together. A National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 Honoree
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