It casts a spell on your heart and mind until the final page” (Jennie Melamed, author of Gather the Daughters). “A keenly researched feminist arc of unexpected abundance, reckoning, intellect, and ferocious survival” (Maria Dahvana Headley, author of The Mere Wife) SIN EATER is “a dark, rich story replete with humor, unforgettable characters, and arcane mysteries.

To avenge her death, May must find out who placed the deer heart on the coffin and why. She is taken to prison, tortured, and killed. When a deer heart appears on the coffin of a royal governess who did not confess to the dreadful sin it represents, the older Sin Eater refuses to eat it. Orphaned and friendless, apprenticed to an older Sin Eater who cannot speak to her, May must make her way in a dangerous and cruel world she barely understands. “The Sin Eater walks among us, unseen, unheardįollowing Her to the grave, unseen, unheardįor the crime of stealing bread, fourteen-year-old May receives a life sentence: she must become a Sin Eater-a shunned woman, brutally marked, whose fate is to hear the final confessions of the dying, eat ritual foods symbolizing their sins as a funeral rite, and thereby shoulder their transgressions to grant their souls access to heaven. The author of Sin Eater, she lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her family. She attended Yale University and the L’École International de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq. Her plays have been performed in China, France, and the United States. Megan Campisi is a playwright, novelist, and teacher. Source: I received a complimentary eBook copy from NetGalley, I was not required to write a positive review.Īudience: Readers who are looking for a heavy story with unique elements.

Genre: Historical fiction, dystopian, 16th century England.

Publisher and Publication Date: Atria Books.

Sin Eater by Megan Campisi