The cover is what grabbed me, but the understated and very lovely writing is what made me remain with the book until the very end. At times wonderfully frustrating (our narrator can be biting and stuck in her ways at times), Occasions Of Sin is a subtle storm of emotions, self-denial and self-discovery. Katherine, deeply committed to her faith but yearning in her search for how her life should be lived, is the woman our narrator falls so hard for it throws her carefully maintained life out of whack. Full of lots of music references and a spirituality that is never suffocating, Lena Graf's novel is first class. I fervently hope she writes more soon! ( )