The Jesus Year explores the space between joy and tragedy, happinessand despair, sincerity and absurdity. A husband wontthrow his wife a party for her thirty-third birthday; a woman becomesobsessed with redecorating her familial cabin; a coupleswest coast elopement turns dangerous; a father must talk hisdaughter out of canceling her wedding; a mother meets her thirtyyear-old daughter for the first time; three friends lives collide atan annual Christmas party; and a downtown couple drive to aprairie church to plan the perfect wedding.In these stories, the banal details of life crash against momentousoccasions, revealing what is hidden, and recasting what is alreadyin plain sight.
The Jesus Year explores the space between joy and tragedy, happinessand despair, sincerity and absurdity. A husband wontthrow his wife a party for her thirty-third birthday; a woman becomesobsessed with redecorating her familial cabin; a coupleswest coast elopement turns dangerous; a father must talk hisdaughter out of canceling her wedding; a mother meets her thirtyyear-old daughter for the first time; three friends lives collide atan annual Christmas party; and a downtown couple drive to aprairie church to plan the perfect wedding.In these stories, the banal details of life crash against momentousoccasions, revealing what is hidden, and recasting what is alreadyin plain sight.