The megaselling author was on the cover of every magazine.

You folks reduce it to the bible only as being authoritative, impoverishing the faith. Christianity Lite, diet Christianity for those who can't handle the Whole Meal.

ALICE. Where's the sugar, Mother? JENNIE. Right under your nose. If it had teeth, it'd bite you.

Then he would pretend to call to my mother who was busy in the kitchen making breakfast, to come up and see me, to look at what a mieskeit her daughter was in the morning.