Southernmostengages my most deeply hidden fears and hopes . . . I love this book, and for it, I love Silas House. Dorothy Allison, author ofBastard Out of Carolina

Asher Sharp is willing to give up everything for what he believes in. Except his son.

In the aftermath of a flood that washes away much of a small Tennessee town,evangelical preacher Asher Sharpoffers shelter to two gay men. In doing so,hestarts to see his life anewand risks losing everything: his wife,locked intoher religious prejudices; his congregation, which shuns Asher after hedeliversa passionate sermon indefense of tolerance; and his young son, Justin, caughtin the middle of what turns into a bitter custody battle.

With no way out but ahead, Asher takes Justin and flees to Key West, where hehopes to find his brother, Luke,whom hed turned against years ago afterLukecame out. And it is there, at the southernmost point of the country,that Asherand Justin discover a new way of thinking about the world, and a newway ofunderstanding love.
In this stunning literary page-turner about judgment, courage, heartbreak, andchange, bestselling author SilasHouse wrestles with the limits of belief, andwith love and its consequences.