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Trespassers Will Be Baptized
by Elizabeth Emerson Hancock



Elizabeth Emerson Hancock chronicles the hilarity and heartbreak of growing up as the preacher's daughter in the Southern Baptist church.
 
Growing up Southern and Baptist in Eastern Kentucky, Elizabeth Emerson Hancock's world revolved around Sunday School, foreign missions projects, revival meetings and of course, the Kentucky Wildcats, who "glorified God through their goal-shattering, soul-shattering play." Hancock chronicles her childhood misadventures with sardonic wit, detailing her and her sister Meg's mischievous - if harmless - abuses of power (stealing Guess jeans from the Africa donation box, or hawking backyard swimming pool baptisms during her neighborhood's annual yard sale) and lovingly recalling the wisdom imparted by her long-suffering parents as they ministered to their unruly flock.




"[A] beautifully crafted and downright funny memoir about growing up a Southern Baptist pastor's daughter in Kentucky. Hancock's voice is a real find, managing both spirituality and irreverence in her account of family and flock...A true gem of a memoir, this will resonate with anyone who grew up in a religious and/or Southern family.

-- Publisher's Weekly  (starred review)

"Humorously irreverent...  The reader comes away hoping that this rueful autobiographer will tap more of her memories in the future. Expressive and thoroughly entertaining."
-- Kirkus Reviews

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