The Leftover Sons

You can leave a house, but the house doesn't leave you.In the storied neighborhoods of New Haven, Cecilia Prescott rules her home with faith, reputation, and a will of iron. Within its rooms, she raises three sons in a strict religious world, where obedience is rewarded, doubt is punished, and love is measured in sacrifice. To her, the house is more than shelter - it is proof. Proof she has survived loss, upheld God's image, and kept her family under the same roof, no matter the cost.But faith is not the same as forgiveness, and the walls that protect can also trap.The Leftover Sons: A New Haven Story leads readers into the charged rooms of Cecilia's world, where unspoken truths press against every wall and the weight of her choices will test the bonds between her sons.Terrence C. Franklin, acclaimed author of Broken Cradles, delivers his most honest and complete work to date - a fierce, unflinching portrait of one woman's grip on the life she's built, and the sons who must decide whether to hold on or finally let go.