God Writes Straight on Crooked Lines

Download or read book God Writes Straight on Crooked Lines written by Aileen Dever and published by Publishamerica Incorporated. This book was released on 2004-10-01 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: God Writes Straight on Crooked Lines is much more than a story about impossible love. This original and poetic novella delves into the nature of love itself and the complexities of human relationships. Consisting entirely of messages spoken into a telephone answering machine, a young professor reveals her most intimate feelings as she confronts for the first time the painful realization that the man she loves is homosexual. As a Roman Catholic, she grapples honestly and poignantly with the reality before her and the underlying meaning of God's message. Moreover, because so many people have seen her in the company of the man she loves, they mistakenly assume that she is gay, too. Reminiscent of John Griffin's Black Like Me, the protagonist describes in moving detail the discrimination she endures and the insights she gains because of how people perceive her. With biblical and scientific references, this book sensitively treats the struggle to understand homosexuality as well as the eternal theme of love.