Good Apple
eBook - ePub

Good Apple

Tales of a Southern Evangelical in New York

  1. 256 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
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eBook - ePub

Good Apple

Tales of a Southern Evangelical in New York

About this book

"For a woman who thinks of herself as a New Yorker at this point, I buy a lot of clothes from companies named things like Shrimp & Grits. Why? Because identity is complicated."

Elizabeth Passarella is content with being complicated. She grew up in Memphis in a conservative Republican family with a Christian mom and a Jewish dad. Then she moved to New York, fell in love with the city--and, eventually, her husband--and changed. Sort of. While her politics have tilted to the left, she still puts her faith first, and argues that the two can go hand in hand, for what it's worth.

Whether you have city lights or starry skies in your eye, Good Apple will show you that:

  • God pursues each of us, no matter our own inconsistencies or failures
  • There's beauty in the gray areas of our lives
  • We can all embrace the absurdity, chaos, and strange sacredness of life that brings us together

In this sharp and slyly profound memoir, Elizabeth upends stereotypes about Southerners, New Yorkers, and Christians, making a case that we are all flawed humans simply doing our best.

Praise for Good Apple:

"With sly humor, ecumenical warmth, and disarming frankness, Elizabeth Passarella builds bridges between red and blue and North and South. Good Apple makes a strong case for New York City as the kingdom of God--and for handwritten thank-you notes."

--Ada Calhoun, author of St. Marks Is Dead, Wedding Toasts I'll Never Give, and Why We Can't Sleep

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Information

Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Year
2021
eBook ISBN
9781400218820
Subtopic
Literary Essays

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Introduction
  6. Chapter 1: The Virgin Surprise
  7. Chapter 2: How I Became a Democrat: Part 1
  8. Chapter 3: The Breakup
  9. Chapter 4: Naked Family
  10. Chapter 5: Fighting Outside
  11. Chapter 6: Lions
  12. Chapter 7: How I Became a Democrat: Part 2
  13. Chapter 8: Let’s Talk about Miscarriages
  14. Chapter 9: 1,241 Square Feet
  15. Chapter 10: To All the Jews I’ve Loved
  16. Chapter 11: Songs of Deliverance
  17. Chapter 12: El Shaddai, El Shaddai
  18. Chapter 13: Southern Manners: An Identity Crisis
  19. Chapter 14: To My Work Colleagues, Re: November 9, 2016
  20. Chapter 15: You Get What You Get, and (Over the Course of a Few Years and the Persistent Work of the Holy Spirit) You Don’t Get Upset
  21. Chapter 16: There was a Rat in My Bedroom, and Then I Got Stuck in an Elevator
  22. Chapter 17: The Devil Works Overtime on Sunday Mornings
  23. Chapter 18: Let There Be Ice
  24. Chapter 19: Un-Comfort Zone
  25. Chapter 20: They Got Lost and Were Never Seen Again
  26. Chapter 21: Jesus and the Radio City Rockettes
  27. Acknowledgments
  28. About the Author