{"product_id":"girl-who-slept-with-god","title":"Girl Who Slept with God","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eGirl Who Slept with God\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eVal Brelinski\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780143109433\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003ePenguin Books\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2016\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eReprint\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e384\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Fine, carefully wrought . . . reading this novel [is] a heartening experience.\" \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--The New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Brelinski's page-turning debut is full of humor, insight, and imaginative sympathy. Think of it as the annunciation of a new talent.\" \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003e--\u003c\/i\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A revelation.\" \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--Vanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[Brelinski] had readers hooked from page 1.\" \u003ci\u003e--Elle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor Fans of Celeste Ng's \u003ci\u003eEverything I Never Told You\u003c\/i\u003e and Meg Wolitzer's \u003ci\u003eThe Interestings\u003c\/i\u003e, an entrancing literary debut about religion, science, secrets, and the power and burden of family from recent Wallace Stegner Fellow Val Brelinski\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eSet in Arco, Idaho, in 1970, Val Brelinski's powerfully affecting first novel tells the story of three sisters: young Frances, gregarious and strong-willed Jory, and moral-minded Grace. Their father, Oren, is a respected member of the community and science professor at the local college. Yet their mother's depression and Grace's religious fervor threaten the seemingly perfect family, whose world is upended when Grace returns from a missionary trip to Mexico and discovers she's pregnant with--she believes--the child of God. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDistraught, Oren sends Jory and Grace to an isolated home at the edge of the town. There, they prepare for the much-awaited arrival of the baby while building a makeshift family that includes an elderly eccentric neighbor and a tattooed social outcast who drives an ice cream truck. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eThe Girl Who Slept with God \u003c\/i\u003eis a literary achievement about a family's desperate need for truth, love, purity, and redemption.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Girl Who Slept with God | Val Brelinski | Paperback | 9780143109433 | Used: Like New | Fiction 1705065","offer_id":48753951277208,"sku":"1705065","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/A1IAEcobMoL.jpg?v=1774070326","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/girl-who-slept-with-god","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}