title: God Only Knows
author: Broden, Sandra
description: God Only Knows by Sandra L. Broden Flap Copy Simon Swanson, graduating at the top of his class from Seminary is ready to enter the ministry while dealing with his addiction to sex with women of less than virtuosity. In order to assure the placement in a ministry that would benefit his family (bringing them up from the poverty he grew up in), he needs a wife and the approval of the president of the convention. His nemesis, Ivan Singleterry has vied for Simon’s top position in Seminary and the girl most sought after by all unmarried ministers, the daughter of the Bishop. Ivan Singleterry has his skeletons and his own addiction. He hates Simon Swanson and does everything he can to disrupt his climb to the top. Cast Simon Swanson– Dashing, charismatic, ambitious, with a naïve heart he has protected. He is quintessentially the best up and coming young minister to lead the colored community in the South. He hides his true nature by leaving the bright lights of Selma and finding a sense of tranquility in rural communities not associated in the City. Gail Wilkerson— A southern beauty who can make any man swoon and she is aware of it. She knows whomever she chooses to be her husband will catapult him in to the spotlight and realizes the reasons most men are interested in her. Ivan Singleterry – An Ivy League man in the South who feels entitled to everything he wants. His father’s money and influence have always made a way for him to be the first at everything that is until he competes with Simon Swanson. His dark past draws him toward debauchery and violence he has to contain. Vanessa Mason – A single mother of three bi-racial children. To support herself and children, she functions as a maid offering more than cleaning services. Tough she is strikingly beautiful she has never allowed the possibility of falling for a man but finds she is falling for a mysterious man that walks into her life. World It’s the late 1940’s and the colored community has its morals and expectations and church is the primary social event. There are few mega-churches with memberships over a couple of hundred, that is except Fellowship Church. Vying for positions in the ministry to succeed the Wilkerson’s domination is what every young preacher who attends seminary at the church sponsored school. Ministry, marriage and misconduct are the events that God only knows. POV Omniscient, 3rd person limited POV, from Simon Swanson, Ivan Singleterry, Vanessa Mason and Gail Wilkerson. There are minor characters that play into the main characters dynamics. MUSIC At Last – Etta James, artist