Southernmost

Southernmost engages my most deeply hidden fears and hopes . . . I love this book, and for it, I love Silas House. Dorothy Allison, author of Bastard Out of Carolina Asher Sharp is willing to give up everything forwhat he believes in. Except his son. In the aftermath of a flood that washes away much of a small Tennessee town,evangelical preacher Asher Sharpoffers shelter to two gay men. In doing so, hestarts to see his life anewand risks losing everything: his wife,locked intoher religious prejudices; his congregation, which shuns Asher after he deliversa passionate sermon indefense of tolerance; and his young son, Justin, caughtin the middle of what turns into a bitter custody battle. With no way out but ahead, Asher takes Justin and flees to Key West, where hehopes to find his brother, Luke,whom hed turned against years ago after Lukecame out. And it is there, at the southernmost point of the country,that Asherand Justin discover a new way of thinking about the world, and a new way ofunderstanding love. In this stunning literary page-turner about judgment, courage, heartbreak, andchange, bestselling author SilasHouse wrestles with the limits of belief, and withlove and its consequences.Additional ISBNs: 9781616206253, 161620625X, 9781616208295, 1616208295