Child of God: A Novel

Child of God: A Novel
by Lolita Files

Child of God: A Novel
List Price: $21.95
Our Price: $8.00
You Save: $13.95 (64%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $0.01 (click here)
Category: Book
See more book details and other editions


(Click here)
Buy this book at online book store in your country
Canada | UK | Germany | France

Book Summary Information

Author: Lolita Files
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2002-08-20
ISBN: 0743225910
Number of pages: 320
Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Book Reviews of Child of God: A Novel

Book Review: This was a amazing book
Summary: 5 Stars

This is one of these books that you'll remember for a long time. When I finished reading this book I was so astonished how great it was. 'Child of God' is not a novel that you see every day. This is a complex and compelling book I have ever read. Lolita Files introduces us to three generations of the Boten family.

Because of the complexity of this story, it is difficult to give a synopsis. This is like a modern day Hamlet. The issues addressed in the book are incest, homosexuality, suicide, drug addiction, voodoo and more! The Boten family is considered to be the "crazy family" and torment follows this family from Tennessee all the way to Detroit. The stories of Grace, Walter, Sukie, Ophelia, Polo, Coolie, and Lay, will keep you engrossed and turning the pages.

'Child of God' is nothing like her previous works. Lolita Files really shows her talent for the written word with this book. With so many main characters and their lives intertwining the way they do, Lolita did an amazing job with this one. I hope to see more of her talent come through like this in the future.

I highly recommened this book and it's something that you should definatily own.

Summary of Child of God: A Novel

In this searing novel, bestselling author Lolita Files tells the tale of a Southern family torn apart by the secrets it struggles to keep.

Everybody knows everybody else's business in Downtown, Tennessee. Neighbors while away afternoons at the local bar, swapping rumors about voodoo, incest, and illegitimate children. Usually they're gossiping about the Botens.

In this epic saga, Lolita Files unveils the hidden lives of three generations of the Boten clan, a family as cursed by fate as they are blessed with hope. There's Grandma Amalie, who's willing to sacrifice everything for her son; there's Grace, who manages to conceal the identity of her child's father for more than twenty years; there's Aunt Sukie, whose strange power over her husband, Walter, is matched only by the strength of her dark magic; and, finally, there's Lay, whose secret betrayals will set the Boten clan in motion, sending its members on a quest for self-discovery that will lead them from one end of the world to the other.

Family Saga Books

Book Subjects
Most talked about in Family Saga Books
Elephant Man ImageElephant Man
by Christine Sparks
Ballantine Books; Published: 1986-11-12; Mass Market Paperback; Book
Best price: $4.03
Price in other shops: $7.99
Assegai ImageAssegai
by Wilbur Smith
Thomas Dunne Books; Published: 2009-05-12; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $1.95
Price in other shops: $27.95
Birds of Prey ImageBirds of Prey
by Wilbur Smith
St. Martin's Griffin; Published: 2003-05-16; Paperback; Book
Best price: $48.99
An Act of Love ImageAn Act of Love
by Nancy Thayer
St Martins Pr; Published: 1997-09; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $7.85
Price in other shops: $22.95
Honolulu ImageHonolulu
by Alan Brennert
St. Martin's Press; Published: 2009-03-03; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $8.31
Price in other shops: $24.95
Family Tree ImageFamily Tree
by Barbara Delinsky
Anchor; Published: 2009-10-27; Mass Market Paperback; Book
Best price: $1.99
Price in other shops: $5.99
Those Who Save Us ImageThose Who Save Us
by Jenna Blum
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; Published: 2005-05-02; Paperback; Book
Best price: $3.97
Price in other shops: $14.95
Vinegar Hill ImageVinegar Hill
by A. Manette Ansay
Penguin USA (P); Published: 2000-05; Paperback; Book
Best price: $14.99
Billy Phelan's Greatest Game ImageBilly Phelan's Greatest Game
by William Kennedy
Penguin (Non-Classics); Published: 1983-01-27; Paperback; Book
Best price: $4.79
Price in other shops: $14.00
Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 1) ImageQuicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 1)
by Neal Stephenson
William Morrow Paperbacks; Published: 2004-09-21; Paperback; Book
Best price: $3.50
Price in other shops: $15.99
Similar Books and other products
True to the Game III ImageTrue to the Game III
by Teri Woods
Grand Central Publishing; Published: 2008-07-02; Paperback; Book
Best price: $8.48
Price in other shops: $14.99
The Coldest Winter Ever: A Novel ImageThe Coldest Winter Ever: A Novel
by Sister Souljah
Washington Square Press; Published: 2005-09-20; Paperback; Book
Best price: $3.39
Price in other shops: $16.00
Midnight: A Gangster Love Story ImageMidnight: A Gangster Love Story
by Sister Souljah
Washington Square Press; Published: 2009-09-08; Paperback; Book
Best price: $0.21
Price in other shops: $16.00
Midnight: A Gangster Love Story ImageMidnight: A Gangster Love Story
by Sister Souljah
Pocket Star; Published: 2010-09-28; Mass Market Paperback; Book
Best price: $4.41
Price in other shops: $7.99
The Coldest Winter Ever ImageThe Coldest Winter Ever
by Sister Souljah
Pocket Star; Published: 2006-01-31; Mass Market Paperback; Book
Best price: $4.41
Price in other shops: $7.99
Perfect Peace ImagePerfect Peace
by Daniel Black
St. Martin's Press; Published: 2010-03-16; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $14.46
Price in other shops: $25.99
This Bitter Earth ImageThis Bitter Earth
by Bernice L. McFadden
Dutton Adult; Published: 2002-02-01; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $4.74
Price in other shops: $23.95
Darkest Child: A Novel ImageDarkest Child: A Novel
by Delores Phillips
Soho Press; Published: 2005-01-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $9.10
Price in other shops: $15.00
Sugar: A Novel ImageSugar: A Novel
by Bernice L. McFadden
Plume; Published: 2001-01-02; Paperback; Book
Best price: $8.30
Price in other shops: $15.00
Getting to the Good Part ImageGetting to the Good Part
by Lolita Files
Grand Central Publishing; Published: 2000-01-15; Paperback; Book
Best price: $4.77
Price in other shops: $19.99
Book store. Illustrated catalog of books on different categories