Tense, seductive and sad, SUNDAY'S SILENCE is set mainly in the
Appalachian Mountains, a place of little interest and many
stereotypes to most Americans. Gina B. Nahai's haunting tale relies
on the physical and cultural isolation of the region to set a tone
of loss, confinement, solitude, and frustration. This is not,
however, a sensational tale of a backwater town and its
inhabitants; it is a delicate and tragic novel about religion,
spirituality, family, and identity.
Raised amidst devastating poverty, Adam is the son of a rebellious
and beautiful woman and a snake-handling, itinerant, holiness