The Saint Of Florenville: A Love Story

Mother Marie-Th»rÀse is the surviving victim of one of Belgium's most notorious crimes, involving kidnap, prolonged torture, and finally murder-all of which took place in enchanting, picturesque Bruges, Venice of the North. Her friend and co-victim, an American priest Father Thomas Jensen, did not survive. Although his remains were never found, Piet Van Kampen confessed to killing the priest and received a sentence of life in prison without parole. Twenty years later, on the day after the convicted killer's death, C»lÀste De Smet, a young journalist for LeSoir.be, draws a career-making assignment, an exclusive interview with the nun. Thus begins a weeklong cycle of intimate disclosures that draw these very different women to a level of connection that neither of them foresaw or thought possible.