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HONEYED WORDS AND BITTER IBD

JAMES CARPENTER
SILVER BOW PUBLISHING
04 / 2025
9781774033579
Inglés

Sinopsis

áHoneyed Words and Bitteráis the story of two childhood friends who come of age in the hills of Appalachia and make their way to the pulpit by very different paths, Honey from a family of bootleggers and by way of a season of prostitution and Jimmey through divinity school. When a duplicitous evangelist avails himself of HoneyâÇÖs brothel and convinces her that saving souls is far easier and more lucrative than managing a whorehouse, she gives herself to Jesus during a Pentecost service in a false confession so convincingly acted that no one in the church doubts that they have witnessed a true miracle, GodâÇÖs carving of an apostle from the heart of a whore. Jimmey begins as a devout divinity student but experiences a crisis of faith triggered by his sexually-abused roommateâÇÖs leap from the chapel bell tower. Though he tries to recover his faith by way of a sojourn in the wilderness and a search for a church that practices a compassionate Christianity, his journey ultimately cripples that bit of faith heâÇÖs left with.JimmeyâÇÖs and HoneyâÇÖs stories continually diverge and reconnect, each the singular anchor in the otherâÇÖs life-until her tragic death leaves Jimmey 'To wonder what distant ancestor first looked to the stars and wept and vainly prayed to that fragmented luminance in some proto-lyrical petition,áDeliver me from this pain.'