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 . . . 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