“Darkly hilarious” short stories by the acclaimed author of Lay It on My Heart (San Francisco Chronicle). Set in the Bible Belt and featuring young women whose passions and emotions are often at war with the strict demands of their religio...
This piercing, sly debut novel tells the story of one unforgettable month in a Kentucky girl's thirteenth year. Charmaine Peake's prophet father has been committed to a psychiatric institution. Her mother, forced to rent out their house and move them...
For a Kentucky girl, coming of age takes a leap of faith in a novel that “will knock you sideways with its Southern charm” (O, The Oprah Magazine). It’s summer in Kentucky. The low ceiling of August is pressing down on the religious town...