Everything you need to understand or teach Faithful Place by Tana French.
Frank Mackey is a police officer who has every weekend with his daughter, Holly. On a particular weekend, Frank picks up Holly as usual but receives a phone call from his sister, Jackie. Frank had left home at an early age and has cut ties with all his family except Jackie. Jackie says that a suitcase belonging to Rosie Daly, Frank's childhood sweetheart, has been found.
Frank remembers a great deal of chaos and abuse at the hands of his parents. Frank and Rosie planned to leave together. Frank waited but Rosie never showed up. Frank believed that Rosie had changed her mind but much later learns that his brother, Shay, had killed her. Shay had considered himself the protector of the younger children of the family and was on the verge of moving out when he learned that Frank was planning to leave. Shay tried to talk to... View more of the Faithful Place: A Novel Summary
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