599 pages

English language

Published April 2, 2014

ISBN:
978-1-4104-7383-7
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OCLC Number:
885228503

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In a small New England town over half a century ago, a boy is playing with his new toy soldiers in the dirt when he looks up to see a striking man, the new minister, Jamie learns later he is a man who with his beautiful wife will transform the church and the town. The men and boys are a bit in love with Mrs. Jacobs; the women and girls, with the Reverend Jacobs -- including Jamie's sisters and mother. Then tragedy strikes, and this charismatic preacher curses God, and is banished from the shocked town. Jamie has demons of his own. Wed to his guitar from age 13, he plays in bands across the country, running from his own family tragedies, losing one job after another when his addictions get the better of him. Decades later, sober and living a decent life, he and Reverend Charles Jacobs meet again …

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Subjects

  • Life change events
  • Electricity
  • Religious aspects
  • Family life
  • Fiction
  • Musicians
  • Death
  • Clergy
  • FICTION
  • Secrets
  • City and town life
  • Fanaticism
  • Drug addicts
  • Religious fanaticism
  • Religion and science
  • Rock musicians
  • Suspense
  • Good and evil

Places

  • New England