Terry Soldan used to be Pastor Ed’s wife. Now, she writes a nationally syndicated anonymous church critique in the style of a New York Times restaurant review. The story starts when Terry, disguised as Gloria King, finally gains sufficient courage to walk back into Ed’s church. Unfortunately for Ed, he chose that Sunday to rail against her column, not imagining that his church would be featured next.

The novel weaves the emotional roller coaster of an abused pastor’s wife shaking herself free together with the politics and problems of an inner city public school district. It also serves as an overview of modern American Protestantism: black, white, rich, poor, authentic, contrived, denominational, non-denominational, liturgical, and charismatic.

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