Southernmost (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781616206253)

"A novel for our time, a courageous and necessary book." --Jennifer Haigh, author of Heat and Light

In this stunning novel about judgment, courage, heartbreak, and change, author Silas House wrestles with the limits of belief and the infinite ways to love.

In the aftermath of a flood that washes away much of a small Tennessee town, evangelical preacher Asher Sharp offers shelter to two gay men. In doing so, he starts to see his life anew--and risks losing everything: his wife, locked into her religious prejudices; his congregation, which shuns Asher after he delivers a passionate sermon in defense of tolerance; and his young son, Justin, caught in the middle of what turns into a bitter custody battle.

With no way out but ahead, Asher takes Justin and flees to Key West, where he hopes to find his brother, Luke, whom he'd turned against years ago after Luke came out. And it is there, at the southernmost point of the country, that Asher and Justin discover a new way of thinking about the world, and a new way of understanding love.

Southernmost is a tender and affecting book, a meditation on love and its consequences.

Author: Silas House
ISBN-10: 161620625X
ISBN-13: 9781616206253
Publisher: Algonquin Books
Language: English
Published: 06/05/2018
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.81w x 1.13d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 04/01/2018 pg. 64
Kirkus Reviews 04/01/2018
Foreword 03/26/2018
Booklist 05/15/2018 pg. 24
Publishers Weekly 05/21/2018
BookPage 06/01/2018