MORE CHURCH FOLK on sale July 28, 2010

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MORE CHURCH FOLK
By Michele Andrea Bowen

Grand Central Publishing Hardcover
Publication: July 28, 2010
$24.99 / 320 pages
ISBN: 978-0-446-57776-2

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Bestselling author Michele Andrea Bowen brings us the much anticipated sequel to her novel Church Folk!

It’s been twenty years since the good reverend Theophilus Simmons escaped humiliation at the most scandalous Triennial General Conference, where it was discovered that the top leaders of the church were running a brothel out of a local funeral home. Now the father of three, Theophilus runs a congregation in St. Louis with the support of his ever-loving wife Essie and is fully involved in the sometimes nutty national church community. Luckily, he’s not alone as his best friend, Eddie Tate, is with the fastest growing church in Chicago.

However, trying to stay on the “good foot” is hard in church business when Theo and Eddie discover that some rival churches are stealing from church funds and committing other misdeeds. Now on the eve of the 1986 Triennial General Conference, they just might have the power to take charge.

MORE CHURCH FOLK showcases an entertaining mix of humor, relationships and morality within the intimate world of church politics. Bowen takes readers to a satisfying end in the hilarious tradition of writing about the lives of real church folk.

Award-winning author Michele

Andrea Bowen graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with an M.A. in History and a M.P.H. in Public Health. She has previously written Church Folk, Second Sunday, Holy Ghost Corner and Up at the College. Church Folk was #1 on the Essence bestseller list for six months. Second Sunday was also a #1 Essence bestseller. She lives in Durham, North Carolina.

Visit www.micheleandreabowen.com.

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