FromtheNewYorkTimesbestsellingauthorofBoyErased,anelectrifying,deeplymovingnovelaboutthelovestorybetweentwomeninPuritanNewEngland.Cana,Massachusetts:autopianvisionof18th-centuryPuritanNewEngland.Totheoutsideworld,ReverendNathanielWhitfieldandhisfamilystandasgodlypillarsoftheirsmall-towncommunity,drawingChristiansfromacrosstheNewWorldintotheirfold.OnesuchChristian,physicianArthurLyman,discoversintheminister’swordsalovesocaptivatingittranscendslanguage.Asthebondbetweenthesetwomengrowsmoreandmorepassionate,theirfamiliesmustcontendwithatangledwebofsecrets,lies,andjudgmentswhichthreatentodestroytheminthisworldandthenext.AndwhenthereligiousecstasiesoftheGreatAwakeningbegintotakehold,ignitinganeweraofzealotry,NathanielandArthursearchforapathoutofanimpossiblesituation,imaginingafutureforthemselveswhichhasnoname.Theirwivesandchildrenmustdothesame,lookingbeyondtheknownworldforanewkindofwilderness,bothphysicalandspiritual.SetduringtheturbulenthistoricalupheavalswhichshapedAmerica’sdestinyandfollowinginthetraditionofNathanielHawthorne’sTheScarletLetter,AlltheWorldBesiderevealstheveryhumanlivesjustbeneaththesurfaceofdogmaticbelief.BestsellingauthorGarrardConleyhascreatedapage-turning,vividlyimaginedhistoricaltalethatisbothalovestoryandacrucible.
