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Everywhere in Chains: Secrets of the North Shore Paperback – April 21, 2019

by James Casper (Author), Kate Casper (Editor)
4.2 out of 5 stars 21 ratings
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Mystery. Surprises. Lake Superior's haunting beauty. Dark humor. A cast of memorable characters. Compassionate realism.

This is Everywhere in Chains: Secrets of the North Shore

What happens when a popular priest returns to a northern Minnesota parish where he was stationed twenty years before?

An ancient church burns. A family is torn apart. A small city on Lake Superior's North Shore convulses with misdirected rage and calls for retribution.

A cell is occupied at fortress prison Shade Creek. Justice and the past vanish. A severed hand, a broken weather vane, and a scorched letter mark a trail back to the truth.

Fourteen years later, a determined young woman sets out on that trail, a personal odyssey to find an imprisoned father she can't remember. She will uncover what the world has kept from her since the day she was born.

Guided by the haunting presence of his Navy chaplain uncle, a good priest battles a disgraced one for the soul of a community and the salvation of his parish.

A generous old man in the shadow of prison walls sells his birthright to settle old scores in the name of enduring love and faith.

From the editor's note to readers for this revised edition:

"Coincidentally, Everywhere in Chains was first published just as civil lawsuits against Minnesota dioceses were making headlines. The novel might have encouraged yet more victims to come forward. The story of Penelope’s father, sexually abused as a child, is simply and beautifully told. Had it dwelt upon sexual abuse in horrific detail, it might have been dismissed as sensationalist propaganda aimed at bestseller sales. Instead, heartfelt, truthful narration invited empathy for the victim and his family."

Get this revised collectible edition:

"In this revised collectible edition, subtitled Secrets of the North Shore, you now have the entire story as it was written. The author’s wife, Kate Casper, has lovingly curated and edited it based upon the original manuscript. If you enjoy this special Farhaven Press book as much as I hope you will, tell someone else about it, and send a note my way. I promise to respond.

Cordially,

Kate Casper, Palm Sunday, 2019"

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    April 21, 2019
  4. Dimensions
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  5. ISBN-10
    0999471538
  6. ISBN-13
    978-0999471531
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Farhaven Press
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 21, 2019
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 327 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0999471538
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0999471531
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 13.3 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.25 x 0.82 x 8 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.2 out of 5 stars 21 ratings

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James Casper was born and grew up in southern Minnesota. Apart from living in various Minnesota locales, he has resided in Boston, St. Louis, eastern Tennessee, and London, England where he finds inspiration walking along the Thames.

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Customers find the book to be a good read and appreciate its thought-provoking nature, with one customer noting how it provides insight into the ramifications for all people involved. The narrative quality receives mixed feedback, with several customers finding the plot confusing.

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Customers find the book to be a very good read, with one customer noting it is well written and another mentioning it is filled with understanding.

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"...I enjoyed it very much though it was very sad. A blessing to read filled with understanding." Read more

"This was a very well written story. I could idenify with the young protaganist...." Read more

"For a first book, it was pretty good. Somewhat confusing at times, but eventually it all comes together...." Read more

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Customers find the book thought-provoking, with one review noting how it provides insight into the ramifications for all people involved, while another mentions its depth.

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"I believe this novel would benefit and inspire priests and religious. Very realistic, loving and moving...." Read more

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Customers have mixed opinions about the narrative quality of the book, with several finding the plot confusing.

"...It gave a realistic portrayal of the different people found in the bosom of the Catholic Church. A good read." Read more

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  • L T S
    5.0 out of 5 stars A novel of depth and subtle nuances
    Reviewed in the United States on January 30, 2014
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    A thought provoking piece. Characters had different layers to them - especially the main character, Penelope. It gave a realistic portrayal of the different people found in the bosom of the Catholic Church. A good read.
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  • D. Morris
    4.0 out of 5 stars A very good read!!
    Reviewed in the United States on June 26, 2015
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    I think it started slow but once it got going, man did the story go! The amazing thing is the reader, regardless of age. Will learn so much from the young girl Penelope. The virtues will jump out at you each time you read a different senerio she is in. I really liked the characters but Penelope became not just a character but an example, a teacher of perseverance. As one who worked with adult inmates I really got into this book.
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  • Billy D.
    5.0 out of 5 stars captivating story with realistic characters
    Reviewed in the United States on December 26, 2013
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    I believe this novel would benefit and inspire priests and religious. Very realistic, loving and moving. I enjoyed it very much though it was very sad. A blessing to read filled with understanding.
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  • Bobby
    5.0 out of 5 stars An Outstanding fread
    Reviewed in the United States on April 3, 2014
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    This was a very well written story. I could idenify with the young protaganist. This was a coming of age story that kept me wantingto know more and more about her life. Although the ending was a bit sad it did feel as if the story was told.
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  • Kindle Customer
    4.0 out of 5 stars interesting
    Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2014
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    For a first book, it was pretty good. Somewhat confusing at times, but eventually it all comes together. I do want to know what happens with the characters, so I'm looking forward to the next book in the series.
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  • Lee
    1.0 out of 5 stars Stuck in the bog
    Reviewed in the United States on January 24, 2015
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    I bought this book expecting a real suspense story but instead about 1/3 the way through I quit--bogged down in needless details and confusing plot. I tried to get into it about a week later and still there was nothing exciting, there were not well developed characters and the plot seemed to be stuck in the mire of a peat bog. Enough for me.
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  • Jayne M Staley
    5.0 out of 5 stars A Sign of the Times
    Reviewed in the United States on February 18, 2014
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    This well written book gives insight into the ramifications to all people involved when an injustice occurs. It makes you sad and happy at the same time.
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  • Saved by Grace
    3.0 out of 5 stars Good but too much narratove
    Reviewed in the United States on January 14, 2014
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    I like more dialog in a novel. Too much narrative. Didn't think the story was very plausible.yatta yatta yatta yatta
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  • E. H. Bradby
    5.0 out of 5 stars An unusual novel - vivid, challenging and thought-provoking
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 11, 2014
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    I was eager to read this novel, having greatly enjoyed a previous novel by the same author entitled 'The Far End of the Park'. I was engaged from the very start by the description of Lake Superior and the (?fictional) town of Bell Harbor. I have visited that part of Minnesota, and I found the portrayal of the area convincing. The principal character in the book is Penelope, a student at Lighthouse Consolidated High School in Bell Harbor. Penelope has red hair, as does her Aunt Charlotte who lives nearby. At the start of the book, there is very little contact between Penelope and Charlotte. One of the interesting ways in which the plot develops is concerned with the gradual growth of friendship and understanding between Penelope and her Aunt Charlotte.

    Penelope lives with her mother, June, and her stepfather, Marvin. The author of this book evidently enjoys debunking myths and stereotypes. Marvin is the very antithesis of the cruel stepfather: in fact he has much more time for Penelope than her mother June does. June is busy working for an insurance company in Bell Harbor: she is hard-working and very good at her job. But it is Marvin in whom Penelope confides and it is through him that she is able to achieve her most cherished ambitions.

    The other important character in the book is Penelope's father Warren Hall, although we never actually meet him until the very end of the book: we learn about him exclusively through the feelings expressed about him by the other characters. When Penelope was quite a small girl, Warren was arrested and convicted for burning down the Catholic church in Bell Harbor. In the conflagration, a church janitor had died. So when the book opens, Warren is imprisoned for life in a large jail in a different part of Minnesota. Penelope eventually goes to visit her father there, thanks to the good offices of Marvin and the remarkable kindness of a group of people living in a town near the jail. The landscape and scenery of that part of the state is conveyed also in vivid detail, which adds to the enjoyment of that part of the book.

    The book's plot and its characters have been carefully planned and developed by the author. Penelope's name is explicitly linked with that of her illustrious predecessor, the wife of Odysseus in Homer's Odyssey. Both Penelopes have to wait far longer than they would have wished to be united to the man about whom they think incessantly. Both stick to their convictions with unswerving fortitude in spite of all attempts to distract them.

    Many of the other characters in the book are officials or members of the Catholic church. The treatment they receive from the author is sympathetic and fair. Their faults are not overlooked, and it emerges gradually that it may well have been the unforgivable act of a Catholic priest that sparked off all the trouble that is chronicled in the story. But the unselfish, unpretentious compassionate behaviour of most of the ordinary Catholics we meet is well portrayed and it rings true to me (although I am not a Catholic myself).

    But the primary purpose of the book, as is evident from its title, is to draw our attention to the plight of prisoners. The author does not pretend that crime should go unpunished, nor does he suggest that all those who run prisons are cruel or corrupt. But he does make it clear that we - the ordinary reader, the person in the street - are very good at closing our eyes and not wanting to know about the unnecessary sufferings of many members of the society in which we live. It is this dimension of the book which gives it a moral authority that is both powerful and disturbing. The book can be read at face value as the story of a daughter's attempts (successful in the end) to be reunited with her father. But it contains a message which is of relevance to us all. Just like the great novels of Dickens, the book presents us with a well-constructed, believable, story of characters whom we get to know and whose character development we follow with interest, while at the same time raising questions which we cannot, in good conscience, ignore.
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