Advance Praise for Southernmost “This story of one man’s awakening and atonement is beautifully paced and structured, optimistic and hopeful in the best sort of way.” Charles Frazier, author of Cold Mountain “Southernmost engages my most deeply hidden fears and hopes. Silas House has all the gifts of a passionate storyteller, and to this book he adds the heartfelt convictions of a man willing to voice what . In Silas House's sixth novel, a Tennessee preacher's family life falls apart when he accepts a gay couple into his church. Southernmost opens with a devastating flood in Cumberland Valley, Tennessee. Could it be divine punishment for the Supreme Court's legalization of gay marriage? Southernmost engages my most deeply hidden fears and hopes. Silas House has all the gifts of a passionate storyteller, and to this book he adds the heartfelt convictions of a man willing to voice what we so seldom see in print - the ways in which with all good intentions we can mess up and go wrong, and only later try to sort out how we can win our own redemption.
In his novel Southernmost, Silas House begins with a flood biblical enough for a small borough of East Tennessee and its preacher, Asher Sharpe. "The rain had been falling with a pounding meanness for two days, and the waters rose all at once in the middle of the night " As the waters rise, Asher tends to his soggy, wiped-out flock. In the opening of Southernmost by former Harrogate novelist Silas House, evangelical pastor Asher Sharp has begun to strain under the cumulative weight of his own choices. His youthful stance against homosexuality led him to shun his brother, Luke, a decision that haunts him still. Now Asher's evolving beliefs have estranged him from his congregation,. Southernmost | "A novel for our time, a courageous and necessary book." --Jennifer Haigh, author of Heat and Light In this stunning novel about judgment, courage, heartbreak, and change, author Silas House wrestles with the limits of belief and the infinite ways to love.
Silas House is the New York Times bestselling author of six novels and one book of creative nonfiction. His latest book is Southernmost (June ), which has been long listed for the Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction and was a top ten Southern bestseller and in July his first three books were reissued with new supplemental material, including new forewords, author notes, and a family tree. Advance Praise for Southernmost “This story of one man’s awakening and atonement is beautifully paced and structured, optimistic and hopeful in the best sort of way.” Charles Frazier, author of Cold Mountain “Southernmost engages my most deeply hidden fears and hopes. Silas House has all the gifts of a passionate storyteller, and to this book he adds the heartfelt convictions of a man willing to voice what we so seldom see in print—the ways in which with all good intentions we can. A brave tale of human generosity and the power and peace that come from heeding the courage of one's convictions.”. —Kirkus Reviews. “In Southernmost, Silas House meditates on love and reinterprets it. It is highly commendable and brave on the part of House to show the limits of our faith and infinite ways to love.
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