The Resource The girl who slept with God, Val Brelinski
The girl who slept with God, Val Brelinski
Resource Information
The item The girl who slept with God, Val Brelinski represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.This item is available to borrow from 6 library branches. This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
Resource Information
The item The girl who slept with God, Val Brelinski represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 6 library branches.
This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
- Summary
- "Set in Arco, Idaho, in 1970, Val Brelinski's powerfully affecting first novel tells the story of three sisters: young Frances, gregarious and strong-willed Jory, and moral-minded Grace. Their father, Oren, is a respected member of the community and science professor at the local college. Yet their mother's depression and Grace's religious fervor threaten the seemingly perfect family, whose world is upended when Grace returns from a missionary trip to Mexico and discovers she's pregnant with--she believes--the child of God. Distraught, Oren sends Jory and Grace to an isolated home at the edge of the town. There, they prepare for the much-awaited arrival of the baby while building a makeshift family that includes an elderly eccentric neighbor and a tattooed social outcast who drives an ice cream truck" --
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 368 pages
- Note
- "A novel"--Dust jacket
- Isbn
- 9780525427421
- Label
- The girl who slept with God
- Title
- The girl who slept with God
- Statement of responsibility
- Val Brelinski
- Subject
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- trueFundamentalists
- trueLiterary fiction
- Pregnant teenagers -- Fiction
- trueFaith (Christianity)
- truePregnant teenagers
- trueSisters
- trueDysfunctional families
- trueWomen with depression
- trueControl (Psychology)
- Idaho -- Fiction
- trueAdult books for young adults
- trueExile
- trueChristianity
- true1970s -- 1970 -- 1979
- trueTrust
- trueExiles
- Domestic fiction
- Sisters -- Fiction
- trueIdaho
- trueLoneliness in teenage girls
- trueSmall towns
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Set in Arco, Idaho, in 1970, Val Brelinski's powerfully affecting first novel tells the story of three sisters: young Frances, gregarious and strong-willed Jory, and moral-minded Grace. Their father, Oren, is a respected member of the community and science professor at the local college. Yet their mother's depression and Grace's religious fervor threaten the seemingly perfect family, whose world is upended when Grace returns from a missionary trip to Mexico and discovers she's pregnant with--she believes--the child of God. Distraught, Oren sends Jory and Grace to an isolated home at the edge of the town. There, they prepare for the much-awaited arrival of the baby while building a makeshift family that includes an elderly eccentric neighbor and a tattooed social outcast who drives an ice cream truck" --
- Summary
- When the moral-minded eldest daughter of a 1970s Idaho family returns from a missionary trip and claims she is pregnant with God's child, she and her strong-willed sister bond with fellow outcasts while awaiting the birth
- Assigning source
- provided by publisher
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10430717
- Cataloging source
- BTCTA
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Brelinski, Val
- Dewey number
- 813.6
- Index
- no index present
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile
- 820
- Literary form
- novels
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Sisters
- Pregnant teenagers
- Idaho
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The girl who slept with God, Val Brelinski
- Note
- "A novel"--Dust jacket
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn893894981
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 368 pages
- Isbn
- 9780525427421
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)893894981
- Label
- The girl who slept with God, Val Brelinski
- Note
- "A novel"--Dust jacket
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn893894981
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 368 pages
- Isbn
- 9780525427421
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)893894981
Subject
- true1970s -- 1970 -- 1979
- trueAdult books for young adults
- trueChristianity
- trueControl (Psychology)
- Domestic fiction
- trueDysfunctional families
- trueExile
- trueExiles
- trueFaith (Christianity)
- trueFundamentalists
- trueIdaho
- Idaho -- Fiction
- trueLiterary fiction
- trueLoneliness in teenage girls
- truePregnant teenagers
- Pregnant teenagers -- Fiction
- trueSisters
- Sisters -- Fiction
- trueSmall towns
- trueTrust
- trueWomen with depression
Genre
Tone Tone is the feeling that a book evokes in the reader. In many cases, this category best answers the question, "What are you in the mood for?"
Character Only applied to fiction books, character appeal is especially for those readers who love books *because* of the characters.
Library Locations
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Central LibraryBorrow it710 W. Cesar Chavez St, Austin, TX, 78701, US30.271302100000 -97.746016800000
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Little Walnut Creek BranchBorrow it835 W. Rundberg Lane, Austin, TX, 78758, US30.3632362 -97.6984619
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Manchaca Road Branch Borrow it5500 Manchaca Road, Austin, TX, 78745, US30.2166039 -97.79733689999999
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Spicewood Springs Branch Borrow it8637 Spicewood Springs Rd., Austin, TX, 78759, US30.4337083 -97.7730809
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