{"product_id":"the-perpetual-curate-by-margaret-oliphant-paperback","title":"The Perpetual Curate, by Margaret Oliphant (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the quiet English town of Carlingford, a young Anglican clergyman holds an unusual position-perpetual curate of a chapel with no living to offer, no glebe, and no security. His faith in his calling is tested on every side: by a beloved uncle who would have him abandon his High Church sympathies for a comfortable evangelical living, by the rival claims of a brother whose rakish life brings scandal to the family name, and by the woman he loves, who will not bind herself to a future so uncertain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen a crisis erupts in his tiny parish-touching on questions of ritual, conscience, and clerical authority-he must decide what he truly believes and what he is willing to sacrifice for it. Around him, the townspeople of Carlingford pursue their own ambitions and heartaches, forming a richly observed tapestry of Victorian provincial life in which public reputation and private sorrow are always entangled.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTender, shrewd, and quietly devastating, this is a novel about vocation and compromise, love and duty, and the cost of remaining true to oneself in a world that rewards accommodation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wildside Press LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43184465412305,"sku":"9781667666587","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/5981\/5377\/files\/9781667666587_FC.jpg?v=1784069901","url":"https:\/\/startlingstories.us\/products\/the-perpetual-curate-by-margaret-oliphant-paperback","provider":"Startling Stories","version":"1.0","type":"link"}