Missy

Dana Gatlin's 'Missy' is a novel that begins by introducing us to a ten-year-old named Melissa, who after attending Sunday school and hearing the choir's mournful hymn, is overcome with a sense of divinity and sadness, unlike anything she's felt before. As she walks home, she's immersed in long-drawn cadences, and the feeling of divine beauty stays with her even after she reaches home.