Forfatteren forteller her om sin oppvekst hos strengt religiøse foreldre, sammen med de svarte adoptivbrødrene David og Jerome. Foreldrene oppfatter seg selv som gode kristne, og sender ikke de to guttene vekk, selv om rasisme og religiøs fundamentalisme preger omgivelsene. Oppveksten blir kjærlighetsløs og fylt av fysiske avstraffelser, og det hele kulminerer med at Julia og David sendes til en kristen forbedringsanstalt i Karibia. Boka skildrer en søskenkjærlighet som trosser rase og religion.
...eated shortly after the 2004 U.S. presidential election that satirizes the red/blue states scheme by dividing the United States and Canada into "The United States of Canada" and "Jesusland". Music video by Ben Folds performing Jesusland. (C) 2005 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT. Also on the 4th, the first Urban Dictionary definition of "Jesusland" was added. Over the course of 2004, Jesusland was referenced on Canadian blog Cool.ca, Tribe, Free Republic.com and San Francisco Weekly. n addition, the term was widely used by partisan blogs from both ends of the political spectrum throughout 2004 and 2005. Jesusland Lyrics: Take a walk, out the gate you go and never stop / Past dollar stores and wig shops / Quarter in a cup for every block / And watch the buildings grow ... Jesusland also has a staggeringly high rate of methamphetamine and Oxycontin use. Economy . Jesusland has a diverse economy, based on the Reaganomic principle. Its main exports are corn, religious zealots, and holy crusade...