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Faith in Fiction: The Five Wounds by Kirsten Valdez Quade

Faith in Fiction will meet on Monday, April 18th to discuss The Five Wounds by Kirstin Valdez Quade.

Location - 803 Cattleya Ct. Louisville, KY 40207

“It’s Holy Week in the small town of Las Penas, New Mexico, and thirty-three-year-old unemployed Amadeo Padilla has been given the part of Jesus in the Good Friday procession. He is preparing feverishly for this role when his fifteen-year-old daughter Angel shows up pregnant on his doorstep and disrupts his plans for personal redemption. With weeks to go until her due date, tough, ebullient Angel has fled her mother’s house, setting her life on a startling new path.

Vivid, tender, funny, and beautifully rendered, The Five Wounds spans the baby’s first year as five generations of the Padilla family converge: Amadeo’s mother, Yolanda, reeling from a recent discovery; Angel’s mother, Marissa, whom Angel isn’t speaking to; and disapproving Tíve, Yolanda’s uncle and keeper of the family’s history. Each brings expectations that Amadeo, who often solves his problems with a beer in his hand, doesn’t think he can live up to.

The Five Wounds is a miraculous debut novel from a writer whose stories have been hailed as ‘legitimate masterpieces’ (New York Times). Kirstin Valdez Quade conjures characters that will linger long after the final page, bringing to life their struggles to parent children they may not be equipped to save.” - the publisher, W.W. Norton & Company


Content warning: Book contains mature content and language that may be offensive to some readers.
Our book discussions aim to equip each member to read and interpret cultural artifacts thoughtfully from a Christian perspective, and to learn to discuss challenging content graciously.

Mark your calendar for upcoming books:

Earlier Event: March 21
Book Discussion: The God of the Garden by Andrew Peterson
Later Event: May 15
Weaving Project in the Gallery: A Pentecost Project