Apostles of light
Subtitle: a novel
By: by Ellen Douglas ; with an introduction by Elizabeth Spencer.
Publisher: Banner Books
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Jackson, MS
Language: eng
Number of pages: 307
Subjects: Nursing home patients -- Fiction.; Nursing homes -- Fiction.; Older people -- Fiction.; Southern States -- Fiction.
Genres: Fiction.
Description: The elderly couple in this fine novel, a retired schoolteacher and the doctor with whom she has had a lifelong, tender love affair, find that, almost by accident, they have forfeited control of their own lives. Trapped in a nursing home, they are the victims of the biblical "apostles of light," the deceitful do-gooders who profess righteousness. In subtle, elegant prose Ellen Douglas recounts a gripping story of their brave attempt to free themselves from a dreadful plight. They must confront both their corrupt and evil custodians and their well-meaning younger relatives who are tempted by greed, ambition, cowardice, and indifference.