St. Angela’s Book Club announces that its September selection is The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Stroudt. The novel follows Artie Dam, a 57-year-old high school history teacher in coastal Massachusetts. The story is difficult and piercing, highlighting themes of human brokenness, the heavy burden of unconfessed truth and the universal need for grace. From a Catholic perspective, the heavy focus on 2024 political tension and post-pandemic anxiety can be viewed as a symptom of society looking for salvation in political systems rather than in God.
