num_pages: 224
description: A compelling novel of a man brought to reckon with his buried past...In St. Adrienne, a small black community in Louisiana, Reverend Phillip Martin—a respected minister and civil rights leader—comes face to face with the sins of his youth in the person of Robert X, a young, unkempt stranger who arrives in town for a mysterious "meeting" with the Reverend.  In the confrontation between the two, the young man's secret burden explodes into the open, and Phillip Martin begins a long-neglected journey into his youth to discover how destructive his former life was, for himself and for those around him.“…on every page there's an authentic moment, or a dead-right knot of conversation, or a truer-than-true turn of phrase…”— Kirkus Reviews
language: English
title: In My Father's House
titlecomplete: In My Father's House
genres: 20th Century, Historical Fiction, Southern, Literary Fiction, African American Literature, Southern Gothic, Race, African American, Classics, Fiction
ratings_count: 689
places: Louisiana
awards: awardedAt: 284025600000
name: Lillian Smith Book Award
publisher: Vintage