{"product_id":"fire-brimstone-laurinda-d-brown-9781593090159","title":"Fire \u0026 Brimstone: Sex, Lies and Drama","description":"\u003cb\u003eChris Desmereaux--college graduate, churchgoer, and single mother--is struggling with poverty, coming to terms with her sexuality, and finding love--though she is unaware that her life will change, for better or worse, the day Gayle Evans finds her personal ad in the paper\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eand answers it.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGayle Evans, toe-tapping, knee-slapping, make-you-wanna-holla Minister of Music with a divine gift from God. \"Praise the Lord\" is her mantra. Macking women is her game. Destroying every life she touches, Gayle brings more misery than harmony. She has a lesson or two to learn after she uses her \"relationship with God\" to break up a seemingly happy home. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlternately set in Washington, D.C. and Memphis, Tennessee, \u003ci\u003eFire \u0026amp; Brimstone\u003c\/i\u003e is an \"in your face\" tale that explores lesbianism and black motherhood as both separate and integrated issues impacting the main character's role as a single parent, while opening dialogue on same-sex domestic violence, religious beliefs, bisexuality, negligent fathers, economics, and intra-racial caste systems among African Americans. Depending on one's beliefs and opinions, \u003ci\u003eFire \u0026amp; Brimstone\u003c\/i\u003e leaves no room for \"in-between\" emotions, leading the reader to ultimately draw his or her own conclusion as to what the ending actually means: Is homosexuality a sin, or does God love us as we are? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe author reminds us that gay women are everywhere, even in the African American church--a place where no one expects to find them. \u003ci\u003eFire \u0026amp; Brimstone\u003c\/i\u003e does an excellent job of testing the boundaries of 21st century morality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Laurinda D. Brown\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1593090153\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781593090159\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Strebor Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/30\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Lambda Literary Awards - Nominee","brand":"Laurinda D. Brown","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44129528676607,"sku":"9781593090159","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d1f79fb5-34ad-4790-960d-6d035a1faeab.jpg?v=1687464405","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/fire-brimstone-laurinda-d-brown-9781593090159","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}