The Great American Novel : Or, Random Start
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Hickston used to be just another sleepy village in the heart of the Great American Plains. That was before dozens of miraculous images of Jesus Christ were discovered in the most unlikely of places…a young teen's soiled maxi pads. Now a throng of revival-seeking zealots has overrun the town, seeking to apotheosize Miriam Baxter, the reluctant prophetess whose unwilling vagina brought forth the phenomenal feminine napkins of God. Unfortunately for poor Miriam, the only woman who may be able to restore order to the universe is a sexually repressed neurotic who worships a cosmic, apocalyptic gopher named Tsemsar.
In Eliot Stafford's new book, readers are invited to take an irreverent look at the confusing world of radical American Christianity through the eyes of eccentric heroine Martha James-a thirty-something millionaire with high anxiety and an unhealthy fixation on Muppets. Her quixotic adventures, as chronicled by retired OBGYN/amateur psychiatrist/fledgling novelist Daniel Morrison, will surely entertain, enlighten, inspire, and/or offend and enrage.
Audacious and absurd; hilarious, yet heart-warming; inspiring, but mostly idiotic-The Great American Novel is a must read for all believers, wishers, and fairy-tale readers…and people who think that certain Christians should be studied in a lab.
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Dr. Daniel Morrison, recently retired OBGYN, is trying to write a book. That was before the cosmological forces of the universe conspired against him. Dr. Morrison's troubles first begin when he is misidentified as a Freudian psychiatrist by Martha James--a millionaire who suffers from high anxiety fueled by a self-diagnosed Electra-complex and a fetish for muppets. Distractions are soon compounded with the arrival of Alice Baxter, an old acquaintance from Dr. Morrison's hometown of Hickston, Kansas. Alice has come to request that the doctor examine her daughter, Miriam, who has been "gifted by God" with the miraculous ability to menstruate divine images of Christ on her maxi pads. Following the exam, Dr. Morrsion travels back to Hickston with Miriam to support and protect her against a throng of revival-seeking Christians who have descended upon the town from every corner of the country. The revelers include the Reverend Jebediah Calloway, an empire-building mega-minister who freely plagiarizes the work of Niccolo Machiavelli and boasts a loyal horde of vigilant and ravenous door-greeters. What is causing Miriam to bleed these mysterious menstruations? Why does Martha fantasize about Big Bird? Will Daniel ever finish his book? Oh, the suspense!
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The Great American Novel : Or, Random Start
The Great American Novel: Or, Random Start,Eliot Stafford,iUniverse, Inc.,0595334466,Fiction,Fiction - General,General,Humorous,Sagas,Fiction / Humorous
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