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| View Larger Image | The Rapture of Canaan
by Sheri Reynolds
| | List Price: | $12.00 |  | | 13 New starting at: | $2.00 | | 29 Used starting at: | $1.69 | | 1 Collectible starting at: | $12.00 | | | | | Sales Rank: | 525387 | | | Binding: | Paperback | | Number Of Pages: | 336 | | Publication Date: | April 08, 1997 |
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Product Description
Ninah Huff, a member of an isolated religious community, only sees the outside world at school, where she is labeled as odd, and when it is discovered that she is pregnant, Ninah maintains her belief that she carries a holy child. By the author of Bitteroot Landing. |
Amazon.com Review
Oprah Book Club® Selection, April 1997: Members of the Church of Fire and Brimstone and God's Almighty Baptizing Wind spend their days and nights serving the Lord and waiting for the Rapture--that moment just before the Second Coming of Christ when the saved will be lifted bodily to heaven and the damned will be left behind to face the thousand years of tribulation on earth. The tribulation, according to Grandpa Herman, founder of Fire and Brimstone, will be an ugly time: "He said that we'd run out of food. That big bugs would chase us around and sting us with their tails . . . He said we'd turn on the faucet in the bathroom and find only blood running out . . . He said evil multitudes would come unto us and cut off our limbs, and that we wouldn't die . . . And then he'd say, 'But you don't have to be left behind. You can go straight to Heaven with all of God's special children if you'll only open your hearts to Jesus . . .'" Such talk of damnation weighs heavy on the mind of Ninah Huff, the 15-year-old narrator of Sheri Reynolds's second novel, The Rapture of Canaan. To distract her from sinful thoughts about her prayer partner James, Ninah puts pecan shells in her shoes and nettles in her bed. But concentrating on the Passion of Jesus cannot, in the end, deter Ninah and James from their passion for each other, and the consequences prove both tragic and transforming for the entire community. The Rapture of Canaan is a book about miracles, and in writing it, Reynolds has performed something of a miracle herself. Although the church's beliefs and practices may seem extreme (sleeping in an open grave, mortifying the flesh with barbed wire), its members are complex and profoundly sympathetic as they wrestle with the contradictions of Fire and Brimstone's theology, the temptations of the outside world, and the frailties of the human heart. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 250 reviews)
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Just Okay 
I enjoyed this book enough to finish reading, but I just didn't find the characters believable. The book started off pretty engaging, but really sputtered about 3/4 of the way through.
The main character is a young teenager who has been endoctrinated her whole life into this "cult" however even at a young age her doubts are louder then her faith.
Grampa Hermen leads the congregation and executes punishments however even own wife doesn't care for his leadership and expecially not for the punishement he delivers, she doesn't really listen to his sermons, however she seems to be totally in love with him. huh?
If you love to read books with vivid character descriptions, character you grow to care about, leave this book on the shelf.
If you just want to escape with a quick read you might like this book.
August 14, 2008 | |
Loved this book! 
This is NOT a book I typically would have picked up. But I was sitting in a coffee shop/used book store and saw it sitting there. I picked it up, took a look at the first page, and before I knew it, it was 4 hours later and I was completely in love.
June 18, 2008 | |
Intriguing Story
This is an incredibly amazing book. After reading the back, I was not sure I wanted to purchase the book, but decided to do so. From the moment I opened the book, I didn't want to put it down. Sheri Reynolds made this book and religious cult come to life in every page.
May 07, 2008 | |
Wow...this book is really good!
This is probably going to be one of my top 10 most favorite books. I loved every single part of the book. The ending was soooooo great!
January 07, 2008 | |
great story 
I liked this book a lot. It was very easy to read, a lot of descriptions to give you a good picture in your head. The story was great.
November 10, 2007 | |
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