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Informationen zum Autor ReShonda Tate Billingsley’s #1 nationally bestselling novels include Let the Church Say Amen , I Know I’ve Been Changed , and Say Amen, Again , winner of the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work. Her collaboration with Victoria Christopher Murray has produced four hit novels, Sinners & Saints , Friends & Foes , A Blessing & a Curse , and Fortune & Fame. BET released a movie in 2013 based on ReShonda’s book Let the Church Say Amen in which she had a minor role . She also had a role in the made-for-TV movie The Secret She Kept based on her book of the same title. Visit ReShondaTateBillingsley.com, meet the author on Facebook at ReShondaTateBillingsley, or follow her on Twitter @ReShondaT. Klappentext "In her riveting second novel! ReShonda Tate Billingsley -- winner of the Gold Pen Award for Best New Author for "My Brother's Keeper" -- crafts a bold and heartwarming story of family and faith that will inspire readers everywhere."Reverend Simon Jackson has always felt destined to lead and he's done a good job of it! transforming his small Houston church into one of the most respected and renowned in the region. But while the good Reverend's been busy tending his flock! his family's gone astray. His nineteen-year-old daughter! Rachel! gives new meaning to "baby mama drama." Crazy in love with her son's father! she's wreaking havoc on the man's life! even though he's about to marry another woman. David! Simon's oldest at twenty-seven! has been spiraling downward ever since a knee injury ended a promising football career. These days he's seeking solace in drugs -- even feeding his habit by stealing church offerings. Blessedly! twenty-three-year-old Jonathan! a college graduate and the apple of Simon's eye! is poised to take his father's side as associate pastor -- or so everyone thinks.Loretta has been a devoted wife to Simon! but she's beginning to realize that enabling him to give more to the church than to his children was her biggest mistake. As things begin to fall apart and secrets are revealed! will Loretta be able to help her husband reunite their tattered family before it's too late?"Let the Church Say Amen" is a powerful journey through one family's trials -- and a remarkable story of reconciliation and love. Chapter 1 The choir was cutting up. Reverend Simon Jackson enthusiastically clapped as they sang "Stomp" by Kirk Franklin. Loretta Jackson beamed as she watched her husband swing jubilantly to the music. She knew Simon wasn't too keen on these newfound gospel hip-hoppers, as he called them, but the choir had the church on its feet. Even he had to admit they sounded good. The choir began winding down and Simon stood and approached the podium. He was radiating with pride as he looked out at his members. And as she did every Sunday just before his sermon, Loretta gave him a reassuring smile. It made her happy to see her husband doing what he loved best, being pastor of Zion Hill, one of the best churches in Houston, as he always proclaimed. "Let the church say amen!" Simon yelled. "Amen!" the congregation replied in unison. "Let's give our outstanding choir another round of applause because they sure spread God's message today." Simon led the applause as the choir members settled in their seats. Loretta was sitting in her usual front row seat. Good music always rejuvenated Simon, so she knew they were in for a rousing sermon. Loretta opened her Bible as she glanced around. She sighed deeply because Rachel hadn't yet made it to church and she knew Simon would take notice. "Now, if you will, turn your Bibles to Proverbs twenty-eight, thirteen. I know everyone has their Bible, right?" Simon sang. Several people chuckled. "Of course we do, Pastor," an elderly woman named Ida Hicks shouted. Simon nodded at ...
