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Snakewoman of Little Egypt : a novel by Hellenga, Robert, 1941- is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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A novel packed with wit, substance, and emotional depth, Snakewoman of Little Egypt delivers Robert Hellenga at the top of his form. On the morning of her release from prison, Sunny, who grew up in a snakehandling church in the Little Egypt region of Southern Illinois, rents a garage apartment from Jackson. She's been serving a five-year sentence for shooting, but not killing, her husband, the pastor of the Church of the Burning Bush with Signs Following, after he forced her at gunpoint to put her arm in a box of rattlesnakes. Sunny and Jackson become lovers, but they're pulled in different directions. Sunny, drawn to science and eager to put her snake handling past behind her, enrolls at the university. Jackson, however, takes a professional interest in the religious ecstasy exhibited by the snakehandlers. Push comes to shove in a novel packed with wit, substance, and emotional depth. Snakewoman of Little Egypt delivers Robert Hellenga at the top of his form.

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Author

Hellenga, Robert, 1941-

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published

2010

Language

EN

ISBN

9781608193226

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Religion

Rating

3.4 / 5 (435 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13