Jesus Land

A Memoir

Biography & Memoir, Literary
Cover of the book Jesus Land by Julia Scheeres, Counterpoint Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Julia Scheeres ISBN: 9781619021341
Publisher: Counterpoint Press Publication: October 30, 2012
Imprint: Counterpoint Language: English
Author: Julia Scheeres
ISBN: 9781619021341
Publisher: Counterpoint Press
Publication: October 30, 2012
Imprint: Counterpoint
Language: English

A New York Times bestseller: A memoir that “will break your heart and mend it again, but it won’t stop haunting you” (Entertainment Weekly).

An ALA Alex Award Winner

Julia and her adopted brother, David, are sixteen years old. Julia is white. David is black. It is the mid-1980s and their family has just moved to rural Indiana, a landscape of cottonwood trees, trailer parks, and all-encompassing racism.

At home lives a distant mother—more involved with her church’s missionaries than her own children—and a violent father. In this riveting and heartrending memoir, Julia Scheeres takes us from the Midwest to a place beyond imagining. Surrounded by natural beauty, the Escuela Caribe—a religious reform school in the Dominican Republic—is characterized by a disciplinary regime that extracts repentance from its students by any means necessary. As Julia and David strive to make it through these ordeals, their tale is relayed here with startling immediacy, extreme candor, and “unadorned, dark humor” (Los Angeles Times).

“Exquisitely wrought . . . Scheeres emerged with sensibilities intact and learned that love can flourish even in the harshest climates.” —People

“A page-turner . . . shot through with poignancy.” —The New York Times Book Review

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

A New York Times bestseller: A memoir that “will break your heart and mend it again, but it won’t stop haunting you” (Entertainment Weekly).

An ALA Alex Award Winner

Julia and her adopted brother, David, are sixteen years old. Julia is white. David is black. It is the mid-1980s and their family has just moved to rural Indiana, a landscape of cottonwood trees, trailer parks, and all-encompassing racism.

At home lives a distant mother—more involved with her church’s missionaries than her own children—and a violent father. In this riveting and heartrending memoir, Julia Scheeres takes us from the Midwest to a place beyond imagining. Surrounded by natural beauty, the Escuela Caribe—a religious reform school in the Dominican Republic—is characterized by a disciplinary regime that extracts repentance from its students by any means necessary. As Julia and David strive to make it through these ordeals, their tale is relayed here with startling immediacy, extreme candor, and “unadorned, dark humor” (Los Angeles Times).

“Exquisitely wrought . . . Scheeres emerged with sensibilities intact and learned that love can flourish even in the harshest climates.” —People

“A page-turner . . . shot through with poignancy.” —The New York Times Book Review

More books from Counterpoint Press

Cover of the book South of the Clouds by Julia Scheeres
Cover of the book Tales of Two Cities by Julia Scheeres
Cover of the book Accabadora by Julia Scheeres
Cover of the book The Hunters by Julia Scheeres
Cover of the book Democracy Betrayed by Julia Scheeres
Cover of the book Flying to America by Julia Scheeres
Cover of the book Margaret the First by Julia Scheeres
Cover of the book The Silver Lotus by Julia Scheeres
Cover of the book The Prize by Julia Scheeres
Cover of the book All My Bones Shake by Julia Scheeres
Cover of the book Wedding Bush Road by Julia Scheeres
Cover of the book The Hidden Wound by Julia Scheeres
Cover of the book Inconvenient People by Julia Scheeres
Cover of the book The Little Brother by Julia Scheeres
Cover of the book A Single Eye by Julia Scheeres
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy