num_pages: 320
description: Takes the reader into what feels like the world of a teen-age girl trying to make her peace with the world &amp; with God. At the Church of Fire &amp; Brimstone, Grandpa Herman makes the rules for everyone, &amp; everyone obeys, or else. But even in this isolated community where it seems nearly everything is forbidden, temptation occasionally touches the congregation . . . &amp; for Ninah, temptation comes in the form of her prayer partner, James. She soon finds herself pregnant. She fears the wrath of Grandpa Herman, the church members, &amp; God Himself. But the events that follow show Ninah that God's ways are mysterious.
language: English
title: The Rapture of Canaan
titlecomplete: The Rapture of Canaan
genres: Contemporary, Coming Of Age, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Religion, Adult Fiction, Adult, Novels, Fiction, Literature
ratings_count: 34336
places: South Carolina
publisher: Berkley Pub./Penguin