Filled with memorable characters, peppered with humor, and marked by graceful, lyrical prose, House of Light is a story of a community bound by caring and love, about the pleasures of helping others and ourselves, and about the power to heal that lies deep within us all. A beacon in the healing House of Light.’ There’s Pearline, who is beaten regularly by her husband Vennie Walker, a ‘day girl’ whose mistreatment by her employer has destroyed her feet and her spirit and Zenobia, a talented musician who finds love and solace in the arms of a white man. From her office, she tends to the women of Ponca City chanting, ‘If you can be healed, I will be here morning, noon, and night. Abyssinia Jackson, a regal, nurturing woman possessed of remarkable healing powers who sings soul soothing gospel to help cure her patients. Now in paperback the wonderful first novel praised by Billie Letts: ‘Joyce Carol Thomas’s writing glows with the illumination of ‘glory light.’ ‘ In this joyful, moving novel, Joyce Carol Thomas tells the story of Dr.
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