Love's Long Line

<div><br><br>Sophfronia Scott turns an unflinching eye on her life to deliver a poignant collection of essays ruminating on faith, motherhood, race, and the search for meaningful connection in an increasingly disconnected world.<br>In <i>Love''s Long Line,</i> Scott contemplates what her son taught her about grief after the shootings at his school, Sandy Hook Elementary; how a walk with Lena Horne became a remembrance of love for Scott''s illiterate and difficult steelworker father; the unexpected heartache of being a substitute school bus driver; and the satisfying fantasy of paying off a mortgage. Scott''s road is also a spiritual journey ignited by an exploration of her first name, the wonder of her physical being, and coming to understand why her soul must dance like <i>Saturday Night Fever</i>''s Tony Manero.<br> <br>Inspired by Annie Dillard''s observation in <i>Holy the Firm </i>that we all "reel out love''s long line alone . . . like a li