Naked in the sanctuary
By: Julie Roorda.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Prose series ;; 71; Prose series ;; v. 71.
Publisher: Guernica
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Toronto; Buffalo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 148
Description: "A teenaged girl discovers a smuggling ring in the church her family attends. A father makes an uncomfortable confession on the eve of his daughter's wedding. A couple seeks a mate for their dead son's semen samples. Parents and children demand conformity from one another: in marriage, sexuality, living arrangement and matters of religious faith. The women in these stories transcend, disappoint and explode the myths of every day expectation, and establish instead the rituals of their own spiritual realities."--BOOK JACKET.
Table of contents: title: Advent; title: Sacred seed; title: Wedding dress; title: Jizo; title: Blackberry wine; title: Singles' club; title: Family compact; title: Life chains; title: Driving for Jesus; title: The trouble with heaven; title: Fire, earth, and fortune cookies; title: Sunspots.