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CAN I GET AN AMEN?

Sarah Healy

When the last thing you want is the one thing you need, you've got to have a little faith...
Growing up, Ellen Carlisle was a Christian: she went to Jesus camp, downed stale Nilla wafers at Sunday school, and never, ever played with Ouija boards. Now, years later, when infertility prevents her from giving her ambitious attorney husband a family, she finds herself on the brink of divorce, unemployed, and living with her right-wing, Born Again Christian parents in her suburban New Jersey hometown. There the schools are private, the past is public, and blessings come in lump sums. Then Ellen meets a man to whom she believes she can open her heart, and she begins to think that maybe it’s true what they say, that everything happens for a reason… Until all that was going well starts going very badly, and Ellen is finally forced to dig down deep to find her own brand of faith.
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Published 2012-06-01 by NAL

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Published 2012-06-01 by NAL

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A soaring debut! Sarah Healy examines divorce, parental relationships, sibling relationships, religion, and love with humor, poignancy, and a compelling tension. Can I Get An Amen? is a beautiful story that will leave readers waiting breathlessly for her next book.

Can I Get an Amen? is touching, funny and full of heart. A highly entertaining novel about love and family, secrets and forgiveness. Don‘t miss it!

A sparkling debut novel about dealing with family and finding love. An absolute treat!

Sarah Healy‘s Can I Get An Amen? ‘s wonderfully flawed heroine suffers like Job at the book‘s opening. lnfertility, unemployment, divorce. At 31, Ellen is forced to move back home to New Jersey, and in with Born Again parents she cant relate to. Former enemies surface, as do old hurts and bad memories. Ellen is tested, and, eventually, her faith in herself is saved. Funny, smart, wise, and refreshing, Can I Get an Amen? is the work of a great new talent and an obviously gifted writer. Can I Get an Amen doesn‘t need my blessing to be a huge suecess.

An emotional and satisfying novel that‘s as tender as is it funny—a fabulous debut that‘s fresh, honest, and addictive. Don‘t miss it!