Jesus land: a memoir

by Scheeres, Julia

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Title Statements

Full title :Jesus land : a memoir / Julia Scheeres.

Summary

It's the mid-1980s. Julia Scheeres and her adopted brother David are sixteen years old and have just moved to rural Indiana, a landscape of cottonwood trees and trailer parks--and a racism neither of them is prepared for. While Julia is white, her close relationship with David, who is black, makes them both outcasts. At home, a distant mother--more involved with her church's missionaries than with her own children--and a violent father only compound their problems. When high-school hormones, bullying, and a deep-seated restlessness prove too much to bear, they are packed off to a Christian boot camp in the Dominican Republic. Surrounded by natural beauty, the Escuela Caribe is governed by a disciplinary regime that demands its teens repent for their sins--which few of them are aware they've committed. How they made it through with heart and soul intact is told here with candor and humor.--From publisher description.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2012.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Counterpoint
Place of Publication:Berkeley, Calif
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2012.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (373 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781619021341, 161902134X
oclc:ocn823739415
LC Classification:LE17.D65
Dewey Decimal:973.9092

1: In God we trust -- The heartland -- Friends & neighbors -- Education -- Home -- Body parts -- Virginity -- Sharp objects -- Freedom -- 2: Trust no one -- The island -- The program -- Dead babies -- New girl -- Pro-gress -- Rapture -- Agua de coco -- The pastor -- Turkey -- Florida.

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Biographies Christian education Christian education -- Dominican Republ… Dominican Republic Escuela Caribe (Dominican Republic) HISTORY -- 20th Century. -- United Stat… Problem children -- Education Problem children -- Education -- Domini… Scheeres, Julia students