The Rapture of Canaan

by Sheri Reynolds Narrated by Alyssa Bresnahan

Overview

Novelist Sheri Reynolds weaves lyrical prose and folksy dialogue into her spellbinding tales. The Rapture of Canaan, a New York Times best-seller, is the moving story of a teenaged girl clashing with her harshly controlled world. Growing up in a closed religious community deep in the rural South, 15-year-old Ninah Huff painstakingly and obediently follows her church's many rules-she knows that public humiliation follows the smallest transgression. But lately she can't stop thinking about how handsome James is, even when she should be praying. Ashamed and confused, she hides her feelings. However, when the elders assign James as her prayer partner, she takes her first steps down a path away from the security and blind belief of her upbringing. With warmth and compassion, Sheri Reynolds embeds rich wisdom throughout this compelling novel. Narrator Alyssa Bresnahan skillfully brings out Ninah's joy, uncertainty, and despair as she searches for a truth that brings freedom.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

"Truly rapturous."
—The New York Times Book Review

"Folksy lyricism . . . a colorful supporting cast . . . a fresh story. As they say in church, 'Hallelujah.'"
—Los Angeles Times Book Review

"Powerful."
—Atlanta Journal & Constitution

"Assured . . . devastating."
—Booklist

"The story compels . . . Reynolds has an imagination that takes the reader into what feels like the world of a teen-age girl trying to make her peace with the world and with god."
—Richmond Style Weekly

"The newest and most exciting voice to emerge in contemporary Southern fiction."
—San Francisco Bay Guardian

Product Details

BN ID:	2940171079192
Publisher:	Recorded Books, LLC
Publication date:	03/04/2011
Edition description:	Unabridged

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