The next queen of heaven : a novel /
Maguire, Gregory.
The next queen of heaven : a novel / Gregory Maguire. - 1st Harper pbk. ed. - New York : Harper, 2010. - 347 p. ; 21 cm.
"As the new millennium approaches, the eccentric town of Thebes grows even stranger. Clocked by a Catholic statuette, Mrs. Leontina Scales begins speaking in tongues. Her daughter, Tabitha Scales, and her sons scheme to save their mother or surrender her to Jesus--whatever comes first. Meanwhile, choir director Jeremy Carr, caught between lust and ambition, fumbles his way toward Y2K. Only a modern master like Gregory Maguire can spin a tale this frantic, funny, and farcical. The ancient Sisters of the Sorrowful Mysteries join with a gay singing group. The Radical Radiants battle the Catholics. A Christmas pageant goes horribly awry. And a child is born. THE NEXT QUEEN OF HEAVEN is Maguire's most imaginative story yet"--
006199779X (pbk.) 9780061997792 (pbk.)
2010019896
City and town life--New York (State)--Fiction.
Eccentrics and eccentricities--Fiction.
Mothers and daughters--Fiction.
Teenagers--Fiction.
New York (State)--Fiction.
The next queen of heaven : a novel / Gregory Maguire. - 1st Harper pbk. ed. - New York : Harper, 2010. - 347 p. ; 21 cm.
"As the new millennium approaches, the eccentric town of Thebes grows even stranger. Clocked by a Catholic statuette, Mrs. Leontina Scales begins speaking in tongues. Her daughter, Tabitha Scales, and her sons scheme to save their mother or surrender her to Jesus--whatever comes first. Meanwhile, choir director Jeremy Carr, caught between lust and ambition, fumbles his way toward Y2K. Only a modern master like Gregory Maguire can spin a tale this frantic, funny, and farcical. The ancient Sisters of the Sorrowful Mysteries join with a gay singing group. The Radical Radiants battle the Catholics. A Christmas pageant goes horribly awry. And a child is born. THE NEXT QUEEN OF HEAVEN is Maguire's most imaginative story yet"--
006199779X (pbk.) 9780061997792 (pbk.)
2010019896
City and town life--New York (State)--Fiction.
Eccentrics and eccentricities--Fiction.
Mothers and daughters--Fiction.
Teenagers--Fiction.
New York (State)--Fiction.