Apostles of light / a novel by Ellen Douglas ; with an introduction by Elizabeth Spencer.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Douglas, Ellen, 1921-2012.

Series:

• Banner Books (Jackson, Miss.)
• Banner books

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Nursing home residents--Southern States--Fiction.
• Nursing home residents.
• Southern States.
• Nursing homes--Southern States--Fiction.
• Nursing homes.
• Families--Southern States--Fiction.
• Families.
• Older people--Southern States--Fiction.
• Older people.

Genre:

• Domestic fiction.
• Fiction.

Physical Description:

xiii, 307 pages ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [1994]

Summary:

The elderly couple in this fine novel, a retired schoolteacher and the doctor with whom she has had a lifelong, tender love affair, find that, almost by accident, they have forfeited control of their own lives. Trapped in a nursing home, they are the victims of the biblical "apostles of light", the deceitful do-gooders who profess righteousness. In subtle, elegant prose Ellen Douglas recounts a gripping story of their brave attempt to free themselves from a dreadful plight. They must confront both their corrupt and evil custodians and their well-meaning younger relatives who are tempted by greed, ambition, cowardice, and indifference.

ISBN:

• 0878057374
• 0878057382

OCLC:

31012572