Описание: 12th ANNUAL NATIONAL INDIE EXCELLENCE AWARDS(R) FINALIST IN GENERAL FICTION
God's pious found their Promised Land in backwater Clemency, AL, where decades pass without change, and dreams go to die. Hypocrites masquerade as saints, thieves as benefactors, and their children pay the price.
Levi works a dead-end job to support his churchgoing, alcoholic mother, and wonders why he's been left behind. Jonah's going nowhere, held back by long-lost glory days and an inglorious future. But when Levi's affluent neighbors move back to town and Jonah gets to know the Reverend's darling daughter, the future's looking brighter than ever.
However, in living a tale of redemption, coming of age and the death of the American dream, they soon learn that the light at the end of the tunnel isn't always something to follow. After all, how can one be saved when all the preachers are just devils in Sunday hats?
