Another Hour On A Sunday Morning

Julia Scheeres author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cornerstone

Published:19th Oct '06

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Another Hour On A Sunday Morning cover

A childhood of fear. A lifetime of scars.

All Julia Scheeres ever wanted was to have a normal, happy family. But with a mother who whose first concern is her church missionaries, and a distant father whose rare presence is resented by all and feared by others, home for Julia becomes a place of unspeakable secrets...

All Julia Scheeres ever wanted was to have a normal, happy family. But when her fanatical mother decides they should all move to rural Indiana, Julia's life begins to unravel.

In the blistering heat of the isolating community, Julia and her adopted brother David struggle together through adolescence. But with a mother who whose first concern is her church missionaries, and a distant father whose rare presence is resented by all and feared by others, home for Julia becomes a place of unspeakable secrets...

Scheeres succeeds at relating a harrowing life story with effortless humor and wisdom * Chicago Tribune *
Unflinchingly honest * Washington Post *
[Another Hour On A Sunday Morning] will break your heart and mend it again * Entertainment Weekly *
Scheeres gives a vivid description of growing up in a deeply Christian white family in Indiana that reveals the unattractive side of strong faith. * Good Housekeeping *
Compelling...a shocking account of religion gone awry and a tyrannical regime that still exists today. * The Works *

ISBN: 9780099493433

Dimensions: 177mm x 110mm x 25mm

Weight: 225g

416 pages