Living With Fred

Whittington, Brad

4.08

193 ratings by Goodreads

ISBN 10: 1585476234 ISBN 13: 9781585476237

Publisher: Center Point Pub, 2005

Mark Cloud is back in Fred, Texas but Fred is not the same. The town drunk has got religion. One of Mark's classmates has started spitting out scriptures like a gumball machine. But more drastic things are in store for this small East Texas town. And for Mark. Once again a forgotten book buried on a dusty library shelf incites revolution. Mark begins to ask troublesome questions. Mark begins a pilgrimage that challenges the open-mindedness of his father and the forbearance of the deacons. As his answers lead him further down the path of least expectance, he ultimately finds himself facing the fear that haunts every PK: I could cost my dad his job. Mark must choose between remaining faithful to his understanding of the gospel or appeasing the prejudices of those with the power to make his family pay for his decisions.

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From the Publisher:

Living with Fred continues the coming-of-age/coming-to-faith story that enveloped readers of Whittington's Christy Award winning first novel, Welcome to Fred. Mark's discovery of a book buried on a library shelf spurs him to question what Jesus would do . . . if he was a teenage boy in a hick town? If he was humiliated at school? If we was confronted by a lonely bootlegger? If someone got away with murder.

About the Author:

Brad Whittington was born in Fort Worth, Texas, on James Taylor’s eighth birthday and is old enough to know better. He lives in Hawaii with The Woman. Previously he has been known to inhabit Texas, Ohio, South Carolina, Arizona, and Colorado, annoying people as a janitor, math teacher, field hand, computer programmer, brickyard worker, editor, resident Gentile in a Conservative synagogue, IT director, weed-cutter, and in a number of influential positions in other less notable professions. When he isn’t writing he does what he can to impact the productivity of his fellow workers in the telecommunications industry. He is greatly loved and admired by all right-thinking citizens and enjoys a complete absence of cats and dogs at home

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