Yet, portrayed from a variety of perspectives that reveal vibrant lives in ordinary houses, Parkland is just as captivating when its most troubled son is not in the picture, as decades-old grudges and feuds come to light.

May’s vivid descriptions of the rhythms of life in the suburb, whose tight-knit middle-class families are unwilling to face a problem that can’t be solved by law, contrast with the largely unexplained motives of Stew Pot, who swings from harmless pest to violent menace. It will cause one to question relationships in community and church. Chicago, as the saying goes, is a city of. Posted on Octoby East Cleveland Public Library. Parkland, which Eric Charles May has created and populated for his debut novel out now from Akashic Books, seems like a good one. Feeling bullied in their own homes, residents of Parkland decide to strike back. Eric May did an excellent job developing the characters and plot in Bedrock Faith.Although Stu was the main character in the book some of the secondary characters had serious problems also. Chicago, as the saying goes, is a city of neighborhoods. But Stew Pot’s newfound contrition comes at a price: as he joins community life again, he begins to judge his neighbors for their bad behavior, interrupting them on dates and authoring a newsletter called “The Burning Bush” that warns them of sin. Motley’s door asking for a Bible, and she urges the neighborhood association to give him a second shot. Each particular of this historically black township’s orientation is meticulously cataloged, from the precise turns to take off the expressway to. When Gerald “Stew Pot” Reeves returns home after spending most of his adult life in prison for assault, his old neighbors are dismayed: in the quiet Chicago suburb of Parkland, Stew Pot was an unrepentant troublemaker who even burned down sweet Mrs. Eric Charles May’s Bedrock Faith (Akashic Books) presents in fictional South Side Chicago neighborhood Parkland a town that stands as a character in its own right and a loving tribute to his city. May’s expansive first novel reveals the complicated emotional economy that holds together a neighborhood in crisis.

Bedrock Faith by Eric Charles May