Scott Carpenter, professor of French, has published a debut novel titled Theory of Remainders. A suspenseful literary novel set in the lush backgrounds of Normandy, Theory of Remainders tells the story of a father seeking the truth about a traumatic past and explores the secret ties between love, trauma, and language. Kirkus Reviews has called it "a stellar achievement," and it was recently selected as a Midwest Connections "Pick" by the Midwest Independent Booksellers Association. 

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