The Girl Who Slept with God: A Novel
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- Synopsis
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An entrancing debut about two sisters exiled by their parents when the eldest becomes pregnantSet in Arco, Idaho, in 1970, Val Brelinski's powerfully affecting first novel tells the story of three sisters: young Frances, gregarious and strong-willed Jory, and moral-minded Grace.
Their father, Oren, is a respected member of the community and science professor at the local college. Yet their mother's depression and Grace's religious fervor threaten the seemingly perfect family, whose world is upended when Grace returns from a missionary trip to Mexico and discovers she's pregnant with--she believes--the child of God.Distraught, Oren sends Jory and Grace to an isolated home at the edge of the town.
There, they prepare for the much-awaited arrival of the baby while building a makeshift family that includes an elderly eccentric neighbor and a tattooed social outcast who drives an ice cream truck.The Girl Who Slept with God is a literary achievement about a family's desperate need for truth, love, purity, and redemption.
- Copyright:
- 2015
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 371 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780698171008
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780525427421
- Publisher:
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Date of Addition:
- 08/04/15
- Copyrighted By:
- Valerie Brelinski
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Literature and Fiction, Parenting and Family
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.