Characters from Reconstruction: Woman of God

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Mother Avis at the church she founded Apostolic Awakening.
“That’s why we ask you to give so that you will receive.”
“Are you suggesting you would try to remove me from leadership of the church I founded?”
“What do you want, Avis?”
“I sometimes get mistaken for that preacher in Atlanta — Mama something.”
“I’ve found some interesting correlations in our bookkeeping.”
“This is a house of prayer. It will no longer be a den of intolerance.”
“To those who say we’re wrong, we’re violating the law, we’re the criminals, your cross is waiting.”
“Go out and be a blessing for someone.”
“I’m not here to preach. I’m here to serve in whatever capacity is needed.”

Published by G. M. Lupo

​G. M. Lupo (ISNI: 0000 0005 0315 9196) is a native of Atlanta, Georgia where he has always had a dysfunctional relationship with his hometown. His most recent published work is the story collection Reconstruction (2020), part of his series of Atlanta Stories, which includes Fables of the New South (2017). Along with his novel, Rebecca, Too (2018), and his full-length play Another Mother, these constitute his Expanded Universe of Fictional Atlanta. He has also released a collection of essays, poetry, and stories entitled Words Words Words (2020). He was the winner of the 2017 Essential Theatre Play Writing Award for Another Mother which had its world premiere in his home neighborhood of West End in August 2017, in the building that once housed the library where he learned to read as a child.

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