I wrote a novel
I wrote a novel. It's called Gloria Patri.
Several years after the bitter dissolution of the Becker family, Richard and Solomon—father and son—die on the same day. The father's isolationist beliefs have led him to distrust modern medicine and avoid the treatment that would have saved his life, while—twenty-five hundred miles away—the son is shot by the FBI after opening fire on a municipal building with an assault rifle.
Naomi Becker, daughter of Richard and sister of Solomon, returns to a home she’d rather forget to comfort her mother, Ruth—a relationship that has become strained as a result of the unhappy and volatile end of their family, once held together by the father’s strict religious teachings but forever splintered by his bitter betrayal and affair. Shortly after returning home and still unaware of the violence ahead of them, Naomi and Ruth travel across the country to collect the remains of both men and reckon with the legacies they left behind. Along the way, Naomi and her mother learn a number of secrets about them and each other, and soon encounter the militia extremists with whom Solomon—along with an old childhood friend, Andrew Cook—had become entangled. As dangerous forces collide, Naomi, Ruth, and Andrew are forced to examine how they view themselves, their families, and their place in an increasingly dangerous world.
The heart of Gloria Patri examines how deeply these dysfunctional family dynamics and realities wound us all; how they have led to this exact cultural and political moment. How did we get here, and what's next?
Naomi Becker, daughter of Richard and sister of Solomon, returns to a home she’d rather forget to comfort her mother, Ruth—a relationship that has become strained as a result of the unhappy and volatile end of their family, once held together by the father’s strict religious teachings but forever splintered by his bitter betrayal and affair. Shortly after returning home and still unaware of the violence ahead of them, Naomi and Ruth travel across the country to collect the remains of both men and reckon with the legacies they left behind. Along the way, Naomi and her mother learn a number of secrets about them and each other, and soon encounter the militia extremists with whom Solomon—along with an old childhood friend, Andrew Cook—had become entangled. As dangerous forces collide, Naomi, Ruth, and Andrew are forced to examine how they view themselves, their families, and their place in an increasingly dangerous world.
The heart of Gloria Patri examines how deeply these dysfunctional family dynamics and realities wound us all; how they have led to this exact cultural and political moment. How did we get here, and what's next?
