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SHOOTING AT HEAVEN?S GATE IBD

KAYE PARK HINCKLEY
CHRISM PRESS
08 / 2022
9781941720912
Inglés

Sinopsis

When Malcolm J. Hawkins, the Head ofáPsychology at Bethel University in Alabama, feels his position and his credibilityáthreatened by up-and-coming English professor Ginnie Gillan, he decides to useáher husband EdmundâÇÖs gullibility againstáher. Feeding Edmund a steady diet ofádrugs and manipulation, Mal lights the fuse of the greatest tragedy Bethel has everáknown.Eighteen-year-oldáAlma Broussard, her quirky mother Moline, and her feisty Aunt Pauline run a chickenáfarm in Bethel.áTheir lives seem wholly separate from the feuds of academia-butádark secrets lurk in MolineâÇÖs past that will bring theápeople she lovesástraight into the path of a murderous madman.Ináthe wake of death and destruction, the town that used to be called HeavenâÇÖsáGate will find no easy answers, but thereámay still be hope for redemption.áShooting at HeavenâÇÖs Gateáis a Theologyáof the Cross novel in which genuineágoodness, bona fide evil, and sufferingátruly live side by side.Advanced Praise'Kaye Hinckley has more than earned her keep as a significant contender vying for a living Catholic literature.' -Joshua Hren, author ofáHow to Read (and Write) Like a Catholicáand co-founder of the MFA program at University of St. Thomas, Houston'With a brisk narrative pace,áShooting at HeavenâÇÖs Gateáby Kaye Park Hinckley invites readers to explore the complicated lives of characters suffering with loss, illness, addiction, and deception. The plot twists make this novel both entertaining and thought-provoking with the reassurance that good does win.' -Johnnie Bernhard, award-winning author ofáSisters of the UndertowáandáHannah and Ariela'Faith and faithlessness do battle in Kaye Park HinckleyâÇÖs thought-provoking, unsparing new novel. She reveals the hellish torments...and heavenly convictions...of everyday people in a small Alabama town in an age of mass shootings. Bring faith as you enter HeavenâÇÖs Gate.' -Charles McNair, author ofáThe Epicureans'Family relations and lifelong secrets, human brokenness and the grace of transformation, mass shootings, deception, sin and forgiveness. These fundamental themes of the human search for meaning, of the challenge of faith, reconciliation and conversion, are woven throughout this story of a small town in rural Alabama. The complexities of each character, from university professors to farm hands, become the stage for an exploration of the human condition, in the style of C.S. Lewis, with echoes of T.S. Eliot, Geoffrey Chaucer,áMacbetháand many others. The novel is followed by a list of themes, questions for book discussions and selected quotes, making it all the easier for study groups of any kind. -Fr. Christopher Viscardi, SJ,áChair and Professor of Theology, Spring Hill College

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