The gulf : a novel / Belle Boggs.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boggs, Belle, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women teachers--Fiction.

Women teachers.

Christians.

Writers' retreats.

Authors--Fiction.

Authors.

Writers' retreats--Fiction.

Christians--Fiction.

Culture conflict--Fiction.

Culture conflict.

Friendship--Fiction.

Friendship.

Hurricanes--Fiction.

Hurricanes.

Gulf Coast (Fla.)--Fiction.

Gulf Coast (Fla.).

Genre:

Fiction.

Physical Description:

307 pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis, Minnesota : Graywolf Press, [2019]

Summary:

Marianne is in a slump: barely able to support herself by teaching, not making progress on her poetry, about to lose her Brooklyn apartment. When her novelist ex-fiancé, Eric, and his venture capitalist brother, Mark, offer her a job directing a low-residency school for Christian writers at a motel they've inherited on Florida's Gulf Coast, she can't come up with a reason to say no. The Genesis Inspirational Writing Ranch is born, and liberal, atheist Marianne is soon knee-deep in applications from writers whose political and religious beliefs she has always opposed but whose money she's glad to take. Janine is a schoolteacher whose heartfelt poems explore the final days of Terri Schiavo's life. Davonte is a former R&B superstar who hopes to reboot his career with a bestselling tale of excess and redemption. Lorraine and Tom, eccentric writers in need of paying jobs, join the Ranch as instructors.

ISBN:

9781555978341

1555978347

OCLC:

1036192031