Strange Children
A Novel
Pasadena, CA : Red Hen Press, [2021]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 313 pages : genealogical table ; 22 cm
"In a polygamist commune in the desert, a fourteen-year-old boy and a twelve-year-old girl fall in love and consummate that love, breaking religious law. They are caught, and a year later, she gives birth to his father's child while the boy commits murder four hundred miles away--a crime that will slowly unravel the community. Told by eight adolescent narrators, this is a story of how people use faith to justify cruelty, and how redemption can come from unexpected places. Though seemingly powerless in the face of their fundamentalist religion, these 'strange children' shift into the central framework of their world as they come of age"-- Provided by publisher.
Subjects:
Children -- Sexual behavior -- Fiction.
Teenage pregnancy -- Fiction.
Religious fundamentalism -- Fiction.
Communal living -- Fiction.
Murder -- Fiction.
Children -- Sexual behavior -- Fiction.
Teenage pregnancy -- Fiction.
Religious fundamentalism -- Fiction.
Communal living -- Fiction.
Murder -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9781597091169
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
F Hoagland | Main (Downtown) | Second Level, Fiction | In |