The grace of guilt
Subtitle: a novel
By: by Gareth Young
Publisher: Dog Ear Pub.
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Indianapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 284
ISBN-13: 9781598589450
Subjects: Hate crimes; Fiction; Lynching; Race relations; Rape; Teenage pregnancy; Social isolation; Sexual harassment of women; Church controversies; Murder
Description: When fifteen-year-old Jessica Jackson's crush on her pastor's son leads to rape, she finds herself pregnant and rejected by her family and church. When Simon Cassell's homosexual relationship is discovered, he is beaten by his father and ostracized by the community. Middle-aged Dwight Cook is struggling with the failure of his business, estrangement from his family, and uncontrollable lust for a female employee. Jessica, Simon, and Dwight's struggles intensify when a lynching brings the FBI to their rural North Carolina town and both church and family members are implicated.