The Singing and Dancing Daughters of God

A blithe and redemptive seriocomic love story filled with country music, the ghosts of Halloween, and an ironic brand of down-home religion.

Newly divorced and feeling the pain of separation from his family, Hud Smith channels his regret into writing country-western songs, contemplating life on the lam with his 8-year-old daughter, and searching cryptic postcards for news of his teenage son who has run off with The Daughters of God, an alternative Gospel-punk band of growing fame. Then he finds himself inching toward reconciliation with his ex, tossing his whole talent for misery into question as they head off in a borrowed school bus, hoping so very tentatively to bring the entire family together again.

In this endearing misadventure that threatens to turn out right in spite of it all, Schaffert writes a thin line between tragedy and hilarity, turning wry humor and a keen sense of the paradoxical onto characters who deserve all the tender care he gives them.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Unbridled Books
Published: 11/01/2005
ISBN: 9781932961126
Pages: 229
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.44h x 6.32w x 0.70d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 08/08/2005 pg. 208
Ingram Advance 11/01/2005 pg. 67
Library Journal 10/15/2005 pg. 48
Entertainment Weekly 11/25/2005 pg. 107