![]() ![]() When the baby is found, the story and the questions get darker. When the adamant doctor, a Catholic who has issues with the disclosure, reveals that Sister Angela has passed a placenta, questions arise: where is the baby and how could a cloistered nun transgress beyond the strictures of the church? Moreover – how did nine months go by without anyone noticing, without anyone saying anything, without anyone helping? Her fellow sisters don’t know what to think – attack, medical issue, something worse that they have seen all along but steadily, righteously, ignored? It starts when Sister Angel Flynn, a self-proclaimed virgin and beloved schoolteacher, is discovered in a pool of blood that stretches from the convent’s shared bathroom to the sister’s modest room. The author has a point – one that will catch many readers who were ready for a late night B-movie vibe off-guard. The real story, however, is something deeper, looking beyond horror into the soul of its characters and the motivations behind shame. At least, when I first read the crumpling back cover, that’s what I expected. ![]() Unholy Child’s back cover blurb promises something taboo – sinister secrets erupting behind convent walls boiling over with hints of Satanism and Rosemary’s Baby. A Fallen Nun, a Courtroom, and a Secret in Plain Sight ![]()
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