Revival

Hardcover, 373 pages

English language

Published Nov. 2, 2014 by Hodder & Stoughton.

ISBN:
978-1-4447-8917-1
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OCLC Number:
892578981

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In a small New England town, in the early 60s, a shadow falls over a small boy playing with his toy soldiers. Jamie Morton looks up to see a striking man, the new minister. Charles Jacobs, along with his beautiful wife, will transform the local church. The men and boys are all a bit in love with Mrs Jacobs; the women and girls – including Jamie’s mother and beloved sister – feel the same about Reverend Jacobs. With Jamie, the Reverend shares a deeper bond, based on their fascination with simple experiments in electricity.

Then tragedy strikes the Jacobs family; the preacher curses God, mocking all religious belief, and is banished from the shocked town.

Jamie has demons of his own. In his mid-thirties, he is living a nomadic lifestyle of bar-band rock and roll. Addicted to heroin, stranded, desperate, he sees Jacobs again – a showman on stage, creating …

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Subjects

  • Drug addicts
  • Life change events
  • Rock musicians
  • Religious fanaticism
  • Fiction
  • Death
  • Clergy
  • Amerikanisches Englisch
  • Good and evil

Places

  • New England