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Hallelujah Side - Hardcover

Huffey, Rhoda

 
9781883285173: Hallelujah Side
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1883285178 ISBN 13: 9781883285173
Verlag: Delphinium, 1999

Inhaltsangabe

"It had been a Second Coming sky all day, which meant they might be in heaven by this evening."
So begins the uproarious and tender tale of Roxanne Fish, daughter of Sister Zelda Fish and Pastor Winston Fish of the First Assembly of God Church of Ames, Iowa, who believe fervently in the imminent return of Jesus to take the Christians up to heaven. The Fishes' older daughter, Colleen, wants no part of their exuberant faith ("Where are you going, young lady?" "To find my real family!"), but Roxy longs to be saved even as she fears her sinful desires, such as marrying Elvis Presley when she grows up. If she grows up.
Roxy lives in a world populated by angels with blue noses and demons who follow her around whispering "God doesn't like you." And sinners, sinners everywhere, easily identifiable by their makeup and capri pants and knowledge of television programs. Her soul's journey through this wicked world to her own particular salvation - with an assist from the Queen of Soul herself, Aretha Franklin - is unforgettable.

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Excerpt

As usual, the service was boring. In pew three Roxanne leaned back,
spying on the Woolworths next door, wiggling left for a better view.
Colleen, being older, was babysitting in the nursery. It was getting
dark outside. Chick Woolworth stood in his kitchen window,
deliberately drinking a can of Pabst Blue Ribbon beer, his hairy
belly
exposed. Catching Roxanne"s eye, he raised one finger, and she
immediately looked away. The Christians ignored him, of course, but
it
took lots of energy. Now Chick Woolworth disappeared. Alcohol
precipitated the Woolworths" insane behavior. Once it touched your
lips you could not control anything you did. Roxanne waited
curiously,
but the window remained maddeningly quiet.
Some sinners were nice, of course. A few of the kids at school
were friendly, but still, you would not be seeing them after death.
The way was straight and narrow. Lutherans, Presbyterians,
Episcopalians, they flouted God, sitting in movie theaters, wanton.
Roxanne sighed...
Suddenly Roxanne sat up in the pew. Sister Beverly Cedars had
seen the devil in the laundromat, staring at her from behind a dryer.
"He kept right on lookin" at me!" Sister Beverly Cedars cried.
Her voice was wild and her eyes were wide. A chill traveled down the
congregation"s spine.
"Get thee behind me, Satan!" Sister Beverly Cedars" voice rang
out. "Glory!"

- Copyright (C) 2000 by Rhoda Huffey. All Rights Reserved.
Reprinted by permission of Houghton Mifflin Company.



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Excerpted from The Hallelujah Sideby Rhoda Huffey Copyright © 1999 by Rhoda Huffey. Excerpted by permission.
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Verlag
Delphinium
Erscheinungsdatum
1999
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1883285178
ISBN 13 
9781883285173
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
224
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