Post by bronniesway on Apr 29, 2018 5:18:05 GMT -5
This forum was a huge help to me last year, so if you're lurking, be brave! You can do it!
Thanks in advance!
Atheist teen Janine Harper is caught off-guard when her father’s midlife crisis leads him to an evangelical church. The church's Youth Group, led by Constance Buckley, places heavy emphasis on sexual “purity”, and Janine’s dad becomes an organizer for a purity ball (the world's creepiest daddy-daughter dance where daughters pledge their virginity to their fathers’ safekeeping). The ball conflicts with Janine’s secular and feminist values, and her plan to attend a prestigious journalism workshop on the same date. But her father is so proud of her for participating and being his special girl. It's too tempting for a girl who lives in her older sister's shadow. Still, Janine is furious when she finds out the extent of the ball's toxic vision of sex and (lack of) autonomy.
With the help of the hot maybe-not-a-believer boy from church, Janine attempts to sabotage the ball so she won't have to go. But Constance catches them together (again) and insists Janine attend the purity ball—for her father's sake. He would be heartbroken if he knew Janine was breaking the rules of purity, that she would rather have a career, that she doesn't believe in God. If Janine bails on the ball she could lose his love, and his support for her journalism dream, but the vow of purity she’s expected to make will leave a scar on her truth-loving soul. One thing’s for sure: Janine’s definitely not going to Heaven.
Thanks in advance!
Atheist teen Janine Harper is caught off-guard when her father’s midlife crisis leads him to an evangelical church. The church's Youth Group, led by Constance Buckley, places heavy emphasis on sexual “purity”, and Janine’s dad becomes an organizer for a purity ball (the world's creepiest daddy-daughter dance where daughters pledge their virginity to their fathers’ safekeeping). The ball conflicts with Janine’s secular and feminist values, and her plan to attend a prestigious journalism workshop on the same date. But her father is so proud of her for participating and being his special girl. It's too tempting for a girl who lives in her older sister's shadow. Still, Janine is furious when she finds out the extent of the ball's toxic vision of sex and (lack of) autonomy.
With the help of the hot maybe-not-a-believer boy from church, Janine attempts to sabotage the ball so she won't have to go. But Constance catches them together (again) and insists Janine attend the purity ball—for her father's sake. He would be heartbroken if he knew Janine was breaking the rules of purity, that she would rather have a career, that she doesn't believe in God. If Janine bails on the ball she could lose his love, and his support for her journalism dream, but the vow of purity she’s expected to make will leave a scar on her truth-loving soul. One thing’s for sure: Janine’s definitely not going to Heaven.
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