From Publishers Weekly
A pillar of the community runs for local office on a family values platform and is undone by those in his household in Weber's (Player Haters, etc.) entertaining novel. Bishop T.K. Wilson, head of the largest African-American church in Queens, N.Y., enters the race for borough president. He is a formidable candidate with an unmatched record of good works in the community, and he has the support of his devoted wife, Charlene, and their two children: Dante, a recent college graduate; and popular 20-year-old Donna. Trouble rears its head when Donna's secret affair with Terrance Reynolds, her father's protΓ©gΓ©, takes an ugly turn; meanwhile, Dante's budding relationship with Tanisha Jones, a girl from the projects who struggles to care for her crack addict mother and 12-year-old brother, rubs Charlene the wrong way. Everyone is keeping secrets, but the most devastating oneΠ ΠΠ βΠ²ΠΡinvolving the troubled pasts of Charlene and the bishop himselfΠ ΠΠ βΠ²ΠΡis revealed as the election approaches and the bishop's leadership of the church is threatened. Using rotating narrators to provide close-up accounts of events as they occur, Weber spins a lively, revelation-packed tale deepened by genuine emotion, convincing detail and smart dialogue.
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From Booklist
Bishop T. K. Wilson is one of the most revered African American preachers in Queens, New York. He has built on his father-in-law's success and increased church membership. With the support of his wife, Charlene, he has launched a campaign for borough president. Now that he aspires to a career in politics, his children are challenging his family-values platform. His son, Dante, a recent graduate of St. John's University, is the director of church activities. Although he wants to become an attorney, his parents feel his destiny is to assume his father's position. Dante has his own plans and is interested in a former stripper from the projects. Donna, on the other hand, is not quite the princess she portrays herself to be. She has been secretly seeing her father's protege. That relationship will challenge longstanding friendships and force her to make some life-altering choices. It is during Dante's wedding that the Wilson family has to bare some ugly past truths in order to truly value one another in this compelling read. Lillian Lewis
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