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God spare the girls : a novel / Kelsey McKinney.

McKinney, Kelsey, (author.).

Summary:

"A mesmerizing debut novel set in northern Texas about two sisters who discover an unsettling secret about their father, the head pastor of an evangelical megachurch, that upends their lives and community - a story of family, identity, and the delicate line between faith and deception. Luke Nolan has led the Hope congregation for more than a decade, while his wife and daughters have patiently upheld what it means to live righteously. Made famous by a viral sermon on purity co-written with his eldest daughter, Abigail, Luke is the prototype of a modern preacher: tall, handsome, a spellbinding speaker. But his younger daughter Caroline has begun to notice the cracks in their comfortable life. She is certain that her perfect, pristine sister is about to marry the wrong man - and Caroline has slid into sin with a boy she's known her entire life, wondering why God would care so much about her virginity anyway. When it comes to light, five weeks before Abigail's wedding, that Luke has been lying to his family, the entire Nolan clan falls into a tailspin. Caroline seizes the opportunity to be alone with her sister. The two girls flee to the ranch they inherited from their maternal grandmother, far removed from the embarrassing drama of their parents and the prying eyes of the community. But with the date of Abigail's wedding fast approaching, the sisters will have to make a hard decision about which familial bonds are worth protecting. An intimate coming-of-age story and a modern woman's read, God Spare the Girls lays bare the rabid love of sisterhood and asks what we owe our communities, our families, and ourselves"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0063020254
  • ISBN: 9780063020252
  • Physical Description: 307 pages ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021]
Subject:
Clergy > Fiction.
Evangelicalism > Fiction.
Sisters > Fiction.
Genre:
Coming-of-age fiction
Domestic fiction.
Novels.

Available copies

  • 17 of 18 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Caswell County Public Library.

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