The Devoted

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By Blair Hurley ’09

Published June 13, 2018

Nicole Hennessy has committed herself to Zen Buddhism — and to her master at the local Zendo, with whom she has a complicated and increasingly dangerous romantic and psychological connection. The Devoted (W.W. Norton) traces Nicole’s journey to regain her freedom by delving deep into her complex and troubled past.

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