▁and ▁soci eties ▁in ▁Lith u ania ▁Category : History ▁of ▁Ka unas <0x0A> </s> ▁Saint ▁Maybe ▁is ▁a ▁ 1 9 9 1 ▁novel ▁by ▁American ▁author ▁Anne ▁Ty ler . ▁ ▁Plot ▁ ▁Ty ler ' s ▁plot ▁expl ores ▁the ▁ways ▁ordinary ▁people ▁react ▁to ▁dis astr ous ▁events ▁with ▁quietly ▁hero ic ▁behavior . ▁When ▁sevent een - year - old ▁Ian ▁Bed lo e ▁confront s ▁his ▁older ▁brother ▁D anny ▁with ▁his ▁belief ▁that ▁the ▁latter ' s ▁wife , ▁Lucy , ▁is ▁having ▁an ▁affair , ▁D anny ▁commits ▁suic ide . ▁Short ly ▁after , ▁Lucy ▁dies ▁of ▁an ▁over d ose ▁of ▁sleep ing ▁p ills , ▁and ▁responsibility ▁for ▁the ▁care ▁of ▁the ▁dece ased ▁couple ' s ▁three ▁children ▁( two ▁from ▁their ▁mother ' s ▁previous ▁marriage ) ▁falls ▁to ▁their ▁grand par ents . ▁A ▁prof ound ly ▁guilty ▁Ian , ▁who ▁has ▁discovered ▁his ▁accus ations ▁were ▁wrong , ▁receives ▁spiritual ▁guidance ▁from ▁Re ver end ▁Em m ett ▁of ▁the ▁store front ▁Church ▁of ▁the ▁Second ▁Ch ance , ▁and ▁he ▁dec ides ▁to ▁drop ▁out ▁of ▁college ▁to ▁become ▁a ▁car p enter ▁and ▁help ▁his ▁a iling ▁parents ▁with ▁the ▁children , ▁until ▁he ▁eventually ▁becomes ▁their ▁primary ▁care t aker , ▁sacrific ing ▁his ▁own ▁freedom ▁to ▁ful fill ▁what ▁he ▁perce ives ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁lif el ong ▁moral ▁oblig ation . ▁ ▁As ▁the ▁years ▁pass ▁and ▁the ▁three ▁children ▁m ature ,