Innocence: A Novel - Softcover

Jones, Louis B.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1619020661 ISBN 13: 9781619020665

Publisher: Counterpoint, 2013

Synopsis

A beautifully written book set in Marin County, Innocence is a philosophical novel that follows John Gegenuber, a former Episcopal priest who has given up his parish and vocation to become a real estate agent. After having corrective surgery for a cleft palate, John has been invited to go on a romantic weekend trip to a secluded country estate with Thalia, a young woman who has undergone the same cosmetic surgery.

Their transformational weekend together is tested in the sudden and premature labor of a young pregnant woman who lives at the estate. Stranded with only common sense to guide them, faith and instinct become paramount for the mother and her newborn.

About this title

About the Author:

Louis B. Jones is the author of the novels Ordinary Money, Particles and Luck, and California's Over, all New York Times Notable Books, and most recently the novels Radiance and Innocence, both published by Counterpoint.

From Booklist:

Former Episcopalian priest and current Marin County realtor John Gegenuber sets off for a potentially romantic weekend with a friend from his support group for patients who have had reconstructive facial surgery. What with a lucrative real-estate deal hanging in the balance and the misgivings of being a 49-year-old virgin, John’s hopes for the excursion to a wine-country hideaway are both wildly optimistic and understandably perturbing. Apprehensive to begin with, John is nonetheless amenable when Thalia throws a monkey wrench into the works by bringing along the retinue of special-needs adults she supervises, one of whom is pregnant and about to go into labor. When a power outage maroons the disparate group at a secluded country estate, John and Thalia must overcome a legion of personal self-doubts and logistical inadequacies to safely deliver Francesca’s child, by caesarean section, no less. Confronting issues of identity, compassion, desire, and redemption, Jones’ sublimely contemplative novel vibrates with a subtle current of menace and foreboding. --Carol Haggas

About this edition

• Publisher: Counterpoint
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1619020661
• ISBN 13: 9781619020665
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160