Dana Potowski in this Novel that reads like a Memoir wants to whole heartedly believe that the Unitarian Universalist Congregation in SC Search Committee will be unbias, open minded, nonpartisan, rational and will choose through lived wisdom a new Minister. I did too! Well..that didn't happen.
Dana brings a daily to weekly offering (with recipes) of the nuanced happenings as well as the 'shade' brought on by youthful arrogance in the selection of a new minister. Its a tragedy of errors brought to life in a rollicking, page turning, insightful memoir. Dana is so good, so desperate to find 'the one' and she believes....BELIEVES she and the others on the committee also want the same ilks.
"Seventeen, he said, is how many people it takes to instigate a coup in a church."
In this lacerating novel, Michelle Huneven thoughtfully explores how leadership and charisma work in our polarized age, how institutions and the people who belong to them shape our lives, and what it really it means to seek and find a place of personal refuge in community.
The diversity of ages, people, backgrounds and dissidence made this clever book much richer and compelling. I couldn't wait for the next recipe and escapade. Thank you Michelle for sharing this daily morning offering of "holy laughter."
Michelle Huneven Books:
Off Course 2014
Round Rock 2011
Blame 2009
Jamesland 2003
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