num_pages: 369
description: An entrancing debut about two sisters exiled by their parents when the eldest becomes pregnantSet in Arco Idaho in 1970 Val Brelinskis powerfully affecting first novel tells the story of three sisters: young Frances gregarious and strong-willed Jory and moral-minded Grace. Their father Oren is a respected member of the community and science professor at the local college. Yet their mothers depression and Graces religious fervor threaten the seemingly perfect family whose world is upended when Grace returns from a missionary trip to Mexico and discovers shes pregnant withshe believesthe child of God.Distraught Oren sends Jory and Grace to an isolated home at the edge of the town. There they prepare for the much-awaited arrival of the baby while building a makeshift family that includes an elderly eccentric neighbor and a tattooed social outcast who drives an ice cream truck.The Girl Who Slept with God is a literary achievement about a familys desperate need for truth love purity and redemption.
language: English
title: The Girl Who Slept with God
publisher: Viking