Sister Liberty
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Publisher Description
Their American Dream was simply to survive. They managed considerably more than that.
In 1885, murderous circumstances force two lesbian widows and a child-philosopher to flee their French village for a new life in Indiana, USA. There, they are welcomed by the Solemnites, a benvolent, quasi-cult that forbids pleasure.
Life is upended when the Solemnites are tapped to host the All-Tent Revival which bills itself as a "multi-denominational marketplace for God." A better description would be "a time-bomb composed of two-hundred rival factions of late-19th-century American crack-pot religious sects."
Three guesses as to who sets off that bomb.
As satiric as it is thought-provoking, this acerbic tale of enlightenment delights. - Publishers Weekly
A delightful romp through mystics and cults, a fractured American Dream, an immigrant experience of the odd kind, and the rollicking world of the late 1800s...Libraries will find Sister Liberty an outstanding read that is hard to easily categorize but easy on the eye, destined to attract a wide audience looking for a novel that is thought-provokingly original. - Midwest Book Review
Whimsical and entertaining, even as it crescendos to a shocking conclusion - BookLife
Sister Liberty is a fully-fledged revolution. - Independent Book Review
Funny and subversive - Kirkus
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
A procession of dunces, philosophers, and cultists strive to better themselves in the witty and outlandish launch to the Stables Family Chronicles from Hill (East of Denver). In 1885 near Sanvisa, France, Arthur Pascal Lestables murders the violent Henri Deplouc and is subsequently hanged. Deplouc's widow, Euphémie, and Arthur's widow, Annie, along with her 11-year-old son, Auguste, flee town together; hungry and destitute, they're rescued by Sister Honora and her daughter, Pansy, American missionaries sent to France because the country is "notoriously immoral." Known as Solemnites—kind but solemn people who whistle to express strong emotions—Honora and Pansy offer food and shelter to the trio, in hopes of eventually converting them. After boarding a New York–bound freighter ship (which is coincidentally carrying the Statue of Liberty), the group travels together to the Solemnites' village in Indiana. The clash between the open-minded and science-embracing French guests and the conservative, religious Americans results in irreverent conversations on the nature of God, with Auguste spouting his beloved father's philosophical rants. The search for a bothersome three-eared bear, Euphémie and Annie's romantic relationship, and an emancipating All-Tent Revival round out the proceedings. As satiric as it is thought-provoking, this acerbic tale of enlightenment delights. (Self-published)
