Please register to join us for an online d iscussion of Little Faith \;by Nickolas Butler. Little Fait h is the 2021 All Iowa Reads selection for adults. For additional inf ormation about All Iowa Reads\, visit https://www.iowacenterforthebook.org /air.
\nLyle Hovde is at the onset of his golden years\, living a mo stly content life in rural Wisconsin with his wife\, Peg\, daughter\, Shil oh\, and six-year old grandson\, Isaac. After a troubled adolescence and s ubsequent estrangement from her parents\, Shiloh has finally come home. Bu t while Lyle is thrilled to have his whole family reunited\, he's also une asy: in Shiloh's absence\, she has become deeply involved with an extremis t church\, and the devout pastor courting her is convinced Isaac has the s piritual ability to heal the sick.
\nWhile reckoning with his own fa ith--or lack thereof--Lyle soon finds himself torn between his unease abou t the church and his desire to keep his daughter and grandson in his life. But when the church's radical belief system threatens Isaac's safety\, Ly le is forced to make a decision from which the family may not recover. &nb sp\;
\nSet over the course of one year and beautifully evoking the c hange of seasons\, Little Faith is a powerful and deeply affectin g intergenerational novel about family and community\, the ways in which b elief is both formed and shaken\, and the lengths we go to protect our own . \;
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