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The Sound Of My Voice
Jo Kadlecek

The Sound Of My Voice

WaterBrook Press (May 17, 2005)
9781578568581
| Paperback
352 pages | 140 x 204 mm | English
Dewey 813.6
LC Classification PS3611.A33 .S68 2005
LC Control No. 2004027716

Genre

  • Domestic Fiction
  • Psychological Fiction

Subject

  • Conflict Of Generations
  • Conflict Of Generations/ Fiction
  • Fathers And Daughters/ Fiction
  • Parent And Adult Child
  • Parent And Adult Child/ Fiction

Plot

Big City Dreams, Small Town Hopes Their worlds couldn't be farther apart, but they share a common mission. Jordan Riddle, an aspiring playwright and part-time waitress, revels in the pulse and rumble, the joy and pain of life in New York City. While waiting for her big break, she embraces every chance to speak grace to those around her. Peter Riddle, her father, is assistant pastor at the Second Baptist Church in Jackson, Mississippi. Here, he first found faith as a child and now feels called to articulate mercy to the members of his community. Despite their shared calling, each manages to disappoint and misunderstand the other, and five years of silence between them has reached the breaking point. In this compelling story, father and daughter struggle to find the words that give hope to the people around them, but the different ways they pursue this passion destroys their relationship. As a shared grief emerges from the past, neither is prepared for the cost required to heal the painful disappointment that separates them. Mirroring the tension that arises when art and faith collide, The Sound of My Voice provides a penetrating exploration of questions vital to our search for truth in a postmodern world.