The Girl Who Slept with God: A Novel

The Girl Who Slept with God: A Novel

â€œFine, carefully wrought .Â . . reading this novel [is] a heartening experience.â€Â â€”The New York Times Book Review

â€œBrelinskiâ€™s page-turning debut is full of humor, insight, and imaginative sympathy. Think of it as the annunciation of a new talent.â€Â â€”The Wall Street Journal

â€œA revelation.â€Â â€”Vanity Fair

â€œ[Brelinski] had readers hooked from page 1.â€Â â€”Elle

For Fans of Celeste Ngâ€™sÂ Everything I Never Told YouÂ and Meg Wolitzerâ€™sÂ The Interestings, an entrancing literary debut about religion, science, secrets, and the power and burden of family from recent Wallace Stegner Fellow Val Brelinski

Set in Arco, Idaho, in 1970, Val Brelinskiâ€™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 motherâ€™s depression and Graceâ€™s religious fervor threaten the seemingly perfect family, whose world is upended when Grace returns from a missionary trip to Mexico and discovers sheâ€™s pregnant withâ€”she believesâ€”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 familyâ€™s desperate need for truth, love, purity, and redemption.

From the Hardcover edition.
Country USA
Brand Random House Books for Young Readers
Manufacturer Penguin Books
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780143109433
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2016-07-05
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780143109433

Country	USA
Brand	Random House Books for Young Readers
Manufacturer	Penguin Books
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9780143109433
Color	Multicolor
ReleaseDate	2016-07-05
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780143109433

The Girl Who Slept with God: A Novel

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