“Few people can write both honestly and vividly about their home scene and its history. I know the world that Steve Sieberson portrays in The Fifteenth Commandment. His writing is astonishingly accurate and vivid. Both insiders and outsiders will take pleasure in this richly revealing account of us Dutch Calvinists in Northwest Iowa.”
—Jim Heynen, award-winning writer of poems, novels, nonfiction, and short fiction
“The Fifteenth Commandment is an insightful, alluring narrative—the kind of book you read in only two or three sittings. Sieberson’s voice is both artful and honest, and his characters, as they slowly reveal themselves, show us what it means to be alive in our world. A propitious debut novel.”
—David Philip Mullins, author of The Brightest Place in the World
“The Fifteenth Commandment portrays youthful rebellion, awakening sexuality, and the characters' growing awareness of their mortality, as well as how communities can create and then alienate some of the best and the brightest of the next generation. This coming-of-age novel is full of adventures and pranks, but it is also keenly aware of the cost of staying or leaving.”
—James Vanden Bosch, Emeritus Professor of English at Calvin University
LCCN: 2023012389
ISBN: 978-1-946163-58-5
Page Count: 320
Paperback
Publication Year: 2023
