Wild Plum at NightMartine DePaul, a brilliant young priest, turns his back on a powerful and wealthy family's privileged world to become parish priest of an impoverished Indian pueblo church near Santa Fe, New Mexico. Caught in a relationship with a young male hedonist, the devoted but naïve cleric is seduced into breaking his vow of celibacy. Devastated, Martine feels he must leave the priesthood. Into this struggle, played out against the timeless beauty of one of America's oldest cities, steps a benevolent archbishop who offers a solution to Martine's agony. * * * * * The author has spent most of his life in New Mexico. He was educated in France and has pursued careers in both literature and history. |
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