Jones, Madison, Herod's wife, a novel.University of Alabama Press The University of Alabama Press is a university press that is part of the University of Alabama. External link
This short novel grapples with some of the most current issues troubling American society. One of those issues is the question of trust. When Catholic priests This is an annotated list of men primarily known for their work as Catholic priests. Catholic priests who are mostly known for their non-priestly work should be placed on other lists. are found guilty of molesting children; when politicians make statements that are proven false; when one group of citizens fears another--then whom can we trust and what action is justified to right a wrong as we see it? In this story, set in a small town filled with unrest and racial tension, a woman who has a grudge grudge tr.v. grudged, grudg·ing, grudg·es 1. To be reluctant to give or admit: even grudged the tuition money. 2. against the Catholic priest spreads rumors about his possible molestation molestation n. the crime of sexual acts with children up to the age of 18, including touching of private parts, exposure of genitalia, taking of pornographic pictures, rape, inducement of sexual acts with the molester or with other children, and variations of these of a small girl. Without any thought of the effect it might have, she involves her own daughter by using her to support her claims. The effect of the hatred that she spawns engulfs the whole town and her own family. Written almost as a parable parable, the term translates the Hebrew word "mashal"—a term denoting a metaphor, or an enigmatic saying or an analogy. In the Greco-Roman rhetorical tradition, however, "parables" were illustrative narrative examples. Jewish teachers of the 1st cent. A.D. , this novel asks more questions than it answers and leaves the reader wondering. Nola Theiss, Sanibel, FL |
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