Annotation
At the Church of Fire and Brimstone and Gods Almighty Baptizing Wind, Grandpa Herman makes the rules for everyone, and everyone obeys, or else. Try as she might, Ninah hasn't succeeded in resisting temptation her prayer partner, James and finds herself pregnant. She fears the wrath of Grandpa Herman, the congregation and of God Himself. But the events that follow show Ninah that Gods ways are more mysterious than even Grandpa Herman understands.
Characters
| Name | Huff, Ninah |
| Gender | Female |
| Name | Langston, Herman "Grandpa Herman" |
| Gender | Male |
| Trait | Grandfather |
| Genre | Literary Sociological Coming of age Southern fiction Fiction |
| Topics | Teenagers Grandmothers Unplanned pregnancy Teenage pregnancy Religious fundamentalism Cults Repression Social outcasts Social isolation Faith Spiritual enlightenment |
| Setting | South Carolina Church of Fire and Brimstone and God's Almighty Baptizing Wind Religious community Rural |