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08.10: Val Brelinski
2015-07-15 01:03:13| Powells Books Events Calendar
Set in Arco, Idaho, in 1970, Val Brelinski's powerfully affecting first novel, The Girl Who Slept with God (Viking), 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. The Girl Who Slept with God is a literary achievement about a family's desperate need for truth, love, purity, and redemption.
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