Holy Roller

Gather the likes of Garrison Keillor, Molly Ivins, Clyde Edgerton, Mark Twain, and the next evangelical bible-thumping missionary who appears at your door--and you'll have Diane Wilson in all her rollicking, metaphor-bustin' glory. Wilson speaks a down-home language that--once ye've developed an ear for it--will speak to your heart, true and pure, and you'll want her to go on speaking and writing in her sweet, sassy, honest... Read Full Review

"Holy Roller: Growing Up in the Church of Knock Down, Drag Out; Or, How I Quit Loving a Blue-Eyed Jesus": The title is captivating and enough to draw you in to an authentic southern-style feast of a book. Diane Wilson's first book, "An Unreasonable Woman", brought to light her story of spirit and activism on the Texas Gulf Coast. It also started her on a path to creating this fine regional story of growing up among Gulf... Read Full Review

Living in an area where Holy Rollers are known to abound, I've had more than a few real life experiences with many of the same types mentioned in this book...suffice to say that I could really relate. Now, not every part of the book was funny especially for those that don't have first hand experience dealing with the mentality or lifestyle portrayed...on the other hand, if you have ever found yourself sitting in the midst... Read Full Review

In "Holy Roller", Environmental and Social Justice Activist and Code Pink co-founder Diane Wilson has penned a profound memoir of deep insights, high comedy, and everyday human strengths and failings. Raised on the Gulf Coast in rural Texas in a fourth-generation family of shrimpers, Diane's tale unfolds in the hothouse environment of Pentecostal fundamentalism and the raw natural world of sea, sky and earth. "Holy Roller"... Read Full Review

Good delivery in good shape but I don't care for the author's writing - totally about religion and her hangups