Beautiful Revolutionary
Publisher: Scribe Publications
Published: 2019
Language: eng
Number of pages: 416
ISBN-13: 9781925713039
Subjects: Fiction, historical; Married people, fiction
Description: "It's the summer of 1968, and Evelyn Lynden is a woman at war with herself. Minister's daughter. Atheist. Independent woman. Frustrated wife. Bitch with a bleeding heart. Following her conscientious-objector husband Lenny to the rural Eden of Evergreen Valley, California, Evelyn wants to be happy with their new life. Yet as the world is rocked by warfare and political assassinations, by racial discrimination and social upheaval, she finds herself disillusioned with Lenny's passive ways - and anxious for a saviour. Enter the Reverend Jim Jones, the dynamic leader of a revolutionary church called Peoples Temple. As Evelyn grows closer to Jones, her marriage is just the first casualty of his rise to power. Meticulously researched, elegantly written, and utterly engrossing, Beautiful Revolutionary explores the allure of the real-life charismatic leader who would destroy so many. In masterful prose, Woollett painstakingly examines what happens when Evelyn is pulled into Jones's orbit - an orbit it would prove impossible for her to leave."--Publisher.
Table of contents: title: BOOK ONE; title: Alone in the Garden
pagenum: 3; title: Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair
pagenum: 35; title: Stranger in Your Land
pagenum: 77; title: Blood Red Roses
pagenum: 125; title: BOOK TWO; title: Children of the Revolution
pagenum: 179; title: International Woman of Mystery
pagenum: 217; title: Urban Jungle
pagenum: 243; title: BOOK THREE; title: Welcome to the Promised Land
pagenum: 273; title: Eve of Destruction
pagenum: 323; title: Beautiful Day
pagenum: 365; title: Author's Note
pagenum: 401; title: Acknowledgements
pagenum: 403