About the Book Theres such yearning in the stained terrycloth folds of this story that none of its dark or dirty details come across as shock-arty or facile . . . Jesus Saves is a poem of a novel.--Lydia Millet, from the new introduction Book Synopsis Jesus Saves , a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, is a chilling horror story, a suburban gothic set not among green manicured lawns and cul-de-sacs, but the trash-filled woods between subdivisions and superhighways and the strip malls and duplexes on the back side of town. Its the story of two girls: Ginger, a troubled ministers daughter; and Sandy Patrick, who was abducted from summer camp and now smiles from missing-child posters all over town. Layering the dreamscapes of Alice in Wonderland with the subculture of Rivers Edge , Darcey Steinkes Jesus Saves is an unforgettable passage through the depths of literary imagination. In her introduction to this new edition, Pulitzer Prize finalist Lydia Millet reflects on the books long-lasting effect on her and the way she reads while tracing its influence on subsequent, similarly powerful fictions like Emma Donoghues Room and Barbara Gowdys Helpless . Like Jesus Saves , Millets introduction is moving and unsettling, and provides the perfect frame for this cult classic. Review Quotes A disturbingly beautiful piece of writing. Darcey Steinke has found a trashy and intensely spiritual poetry in the suburban malls and backwoods of the South, and she has set them before us in gorgeous, unsettling prose.-- New York Times Book Review The most ferocious and chilling portrait of suburbia in years . . . Imagine a goth-rock, literary lovechild of Cormac McCarthy and Flannery OConnor.-- Village Voice Steinke writes with an admirable level of attention to sensual detail. As in David Lynchs films . . . it seems characters will ignite their combustible surroundings.-- LA Weekly About the Author Lydia Millet is the PEN Award-winning author of eleven works of literary fiction, including Sweet Lamb of Heaven and Magnificence , which have been New York Times Notable Books and Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalists. She lives in Arizona. Darcey Steinke is the author of New York Times Notable Up Through the Water , Suicide Blonde , Sister Golden Hair , and the forthcoming Flash Count Diary . Her journalism has appeared regularly in Spin , George , Guardian (London), Artforum , and The Village Voice . She teaches at Sarah Lawrence College and The New School. She grew up in Virginia and now lives in Brooklyn.