Preview of A Matter of Faith Summary:

"Bad news travels at two a.m.," says Buddy, narrator of "A Matter of Faith."

When the phone rings at two in the morning, he learns of Uncle Kikoy's impending death and realizes that this death is the first of many deaths that will feel like the loss of a parent. Uncle Kikoy and other "bachelor uncles" helped to raise Buddy—they "kept me safe," he recalls. Eighteen years old, with only...