The Almighty Father

By: Diane Wagner

Narrated by: Diane Wagner

Young Anna Bishop’s life is turned upside down by a series of traumatic events. In 1974, after her mother remarries, she’s forced to leave behind an idyllic childhood with her grandparents and move into a new house that feels nothing like home. Unable to fathom why God would suddenly forsake her, she arrives at the only logical conclusion: a poltergeist. By grasping at tired cliches handed down from her grandmother and bits of biblical lore, Anna struggles to distinguish dreams from reality and questions why no one else can see what she sees.

As she fumbles into adulthood, she convinces herself that all of her problems can be solved by the very man who abandoned her so long ago. Anna sets out to track down her biological father with only a few hints as to who he really is. A troubled Vietnam war hero? A world-class criminal? Or maybe, the savior she’s been waiting for. Her search for the almighty father sets Anna Bishop on a spiritual journey that forces her to come to terms with the truth and fight for a life worth living.

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Beautiful!

Funny, poignant, compassionate, smart, also so gorgeously written and read. I want more Anna Bishop!

A luxurious read

Diane Wagner has a voice! One notices it with the first sentence. She’s strong and righteous and opinionated. It took me a minute to accept her main character, who we meet as a little girl, hating on a first grader, as she trudges up a snowy hill toward her home - which happens tonight include the numbers 666 in the street address - if anyone ever told you, you think too much or you feel too much, eventually you’re gonna fall in love with this character. And the thing she learns are going to be your lessons too.