Take It On Faith

By Bradley A.F.

"When you find the thing that makes you feel a truth so undeniable that your faith in it is involuntary, you have to submit to it, don't you? What else is there? What else could we choose?" When genderqueer Jexe moves from the midwest to Vermont to take a teaching job at an unusual school and distance herself from a religious family, she quickly wonders if she's made the wrong decision. As her waning faith becomes the focus of the local priest and headmaster who runs the public school like a private parochial school, Jexe feels the oppression she tried to escape all over again and faces the question of her atheism once and for all. While Jexe tries to sort her feelings about religion, she also has a secret that no one knows about. Her family only knows her as a boy named Jesse and her new friends and coworkers only know her as a woman named Jexe. Her worlds collide in a painfully traumatic turn of events that forces everyone involved to question what they really believe about their god, their friends, and their family. Jexe's story is about people taking leaps of faith in searching for their own truth and how those pursuits affect others. Jexe's story is one of atheism and queerness, unlikely heroes and friendships, pain and triumph, and above all else, love. **This book may be inappropriate for readers under the age of 13. It contains adult language, sexual references, cannabis use, and discussion of gender and sexuality, depression, suicide, love and relationships on a mature level.**

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B08JF2DH59
• ISBN13: 9798680853597
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 332 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"