TY  - BOOK
AU  - Maguire,Gregory
TI  - The next queen of heaven: a novel 
SN  - 006199779X (pbk.)
PY  - 2010///
CY  - New York
PB  - Harper
KW  - City and town life
KW  - New York (State)
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Eccentrics and eccentricities
KW  - Mothers and daughters
KW  - Teenagers
N2  - "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"--
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