{"product_id":"jesus-boy-preston-l-allen-9781936070046","title":"Jesus Boy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Allen has created a consummate tragicomedy of African-American family secrets and sorrows, and of faith under duress and wide open to interpretation. Perfect timing and crackling dialogue, as well as heartrending pain balanced by uproarious predicaments, make for a shout-hallelujah tale of transgression and grace, a gospel of lusty and everlasting love.\" --Donna Seaman, \u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInto an austere community of Christian believers at the Church of Our Blessed Redeemer Who Walked Upon the Waters come the star-crossed Romeo and Juliet. In the world of \u003cem\u003eJesus Boy\u003c\/em\u003e, Romeo is sixteen-year-old Elwyn Parker, a devout and sincere piano prodigy, who learns too late that the saintly girl he has had a crush on all his life is inexplicably pregnant and soon to be wed to another. Juliet is the beautiful widow, Sister Morrisohn, age forty-two, who, in the pain and confused emotions of her grieving, ends up in Elwyn's arms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDespite the problems posed by their age difference and the strict prohibitions of their strong religious beliefs, Elwyn and Sister Morrisohn's love is true. As it grows among the ascetics, abstainers, and Holy Ghost rollers of their church, it exposes with wit, poignancy, and insight the dark secrets and ancient crimes of the pious. In \u003cem\u003eJesus Boy\u003c\/em\u003e, Allen demonstrates through tragedy and epiphany that the holy are no different from the rest of us.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Preston L. Allen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1936070049\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781936070046\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Akashic Books, Ltd.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 364\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 6.10w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/14\/2009 pg. 36\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2010 pg. 24\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2010 pg. 72\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/16\/2010 pg. 8","brand":"Preston L. Allen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43983847850239,"sku":"9781936070046","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ccd544cb-07cf-4e60-a31c-64498e85f354.jpg?v=1683269068","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/jesus-boy-preston-l-allen-9781936070046","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}