Sister, Sinner: The Miraculous Life and Mysterious Disappearance of Aimee Semple McPherson by Hoffman, Claire
Sister, Sinner: The Miraculous Life and Mysterious Disappearance of Aimee Semple McPherson by Hoffman, Claire

Sister, Sinner: The Miraculous Life and Mysterious Disappearance of Aimee Semple McPherson

A Must-Read: The New Yorker, The New York Times Book Review, The Millions, Alta "Gripping . ....
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Sister, Sinner: The Miraculous Life and Mysterious Disappearance of Aimee Semple McPherson by Hoffman, Claire

Sister, Sinner: The Miraculous Life and Mysterious Disappearance of Aimee Semple McPherson

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Sister, Sinner: The Miraculous Life and Mysterious Disappearance of Aimee Semple McPherson by Hoffman, Claire

Sister, Sinner: The Miraculous Life and Mysterious Disappearance of Aimee Semple McPherson

$48.82
Author: Claire Hoffman
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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A Must-Read: The New Yorker, The New York Times Book Review, The Millions, Alta

"Gripping . . . Wonderfully thorough, the type of biography in which you learn just the right amount about everything . . . Magnificent." --Casey Cep, The New Yorker

Sister, Sinner chronicles the dramatic rise, disappearance, and near-fall of Aimee Semple McPherson, America's most famous woman evangelist.

On a spring day in 1926, Aimee Semple McPherson wandered into the Pacific Ocean and vanished. Weeks later she reappeared in the desert, claiming to have been kidnapped. A national media frenzy and months of investigation ensued. Who was this woman?

America's most famous evangelist, McPherson was a sophisticated marketer who used spectacle, storytelling, and the newest technology--including her own radio station--to bring God's message to the masses. Her innovations brought Pentecostalism into the mainstream, paved the way for televangelists, and shaped the future of American Christianity. Her Angelus Temple in Echo Park, Los Angeles, can be called the first megachurch. Her Foursquare Church continues, with more than eight million faithful around the world.

But after her disappearance, as crowds gathered at the water's edge, people asked: Was McPherson everybody's saintly sister, or a con-artist sinner? The story of what happened next--sex scandals, religious persecution, legal shenanigans, the seemingly unshakable faith of thousands of followers, and the race to cover it all--runs through the center of Claire Hoffman's thrilling Sister, Sinner.

A riveting journey into the rise of popular religion in America and life in early Hollywood, and told with the flavor of the period's noir mysteries, this is an unforgettable story of an iconic woman, largely overlooked, who changed the world.

Author: Claire Hoffman
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published: 04/22/2025
Pages: 384
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.35lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.40w x 1.40d
ISBN: 9780374601713


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 01/01/2025
Publishers Weekly 01/20/2025
Library Journal 02/01/2025 pg. 72
Booklist 03/01/2025 pg. 23
BookPage 04/01/2025

About the Author
Claire Hoffman is the author of the memoir Greetings from Utopia Park and a journalist reporting for national magazines on culture, religion, celebrity, business, and other subjects. She was a staff reporter for the Los Angeles Times and Rolling Stone. She is a graduate of UC Santa Cruz and has an MA in religion from the University of Chicago and an MA in journalism from Columbia University. She serves on the boards of the Columbia School of Journalism, ProPublica, and the Brooklyn Public Library.
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