SOLVED. YA fiction (I think) about teenage boy whose father recently committed suicide. He finds letters from his father revealing dark secrets about his past and the reason he took his own life. Read 2014–2020. Spoilers. [s]

[génesis]

Hi, I read this book sometime between 2014–2020 and I got it from my school's library so I'm pretty sure it must have been YA and I don't think the book was very old. I'm not sure but I think after his dad's death the protagonist moves back to his dad's childhood home because of some financial difficulties and he finds the letters in the attic (?). For some reason I remember something about a shed, but I'm not sure if it's a pigeon or chicken shed? I think it's attached to the house and the protagonist spends a lot of time in there. He also makes a friend (I think a girl?) who kind of helps him with everything.


SPOILER (but important info)



(view spoiler)[I'm not sure how early in the book it's mentioned or if it's a big reveal later on but the father was sexually abused by a priest for several years as a child and the repressed memories of the abuse coming back and the anguish it caused him led him to commit suicide. I'm pretty sure the protagonist tries to look for the priest responsible but I'm not sure if he had already been dead for a long time or was very old and already dying. (view spoiler)[ (hide spoiler)] (hide spoiler)]

[Kris]

The Namesake by Steven Parlato?

Google Books preview: https://books.google.com/books?id=MBv...

Google search of Goodreads:
site:goodreads.com "young adult" "his father" committed suicide "letters" "sexual abuse" spoiler

[génesis]

Kris wrote: "The Namesake by Steven Parlato?

Google Books preview: https://books.google.com/books?id=MBv...

Google search of Goodreads:
site:goodread..."

Thank you so much!!! I'm pretty sure it's that book

[Kris]

Great! Glad you found your book, génesis.