Robert Alexander, author of Servant of the People |9780670026586|, Praise for Virgin Soul : 'Juanita is likely to have drawn on her own memories of Oakland and Berkeley in the 1960s to write this story of Geniece Hightower, a tenacious young woman working her way through college who finds herself-first as a journalist, then from within-observing the fledgling Black Panther Party, a radical offshoot of the Black Power movement transforming college campuses. Make room on your book shelf right next to Seize the Time and A Taste of Power.

Despite all the guns and violent rhetoric, Virgin Soul is ultimately life affirming. The education of Geniece Hightower is rendered with deep insight by an authentic talent with an authentic voice. It's about the love of Geniece's biological family and the family of radicals who adopt her. More than a coming of age novel, Virgin Soul is ultimately a meditation on love. This novel about a young studious woman immersed in the black revolutionary experience of 60's Berkeley has a freshness and bright ardor that is rare in this lazy climate of American fiction.' - Joy Williams, author of State of Grace, Intense, riveting, spellbinding, this tour de force places the reader on the frontlines of the 1960's counter culture and the Black Power movement, one of the most turbulent times in American history. This novel about a young studious woman immersed in the black revolutionary experience of 60's Berkeley has a freshness and bright ardor that is rare in this lazy climate of American fiction.' - Joy Williams, author of State of Grace, 'Virgin Soul is first class awesome, every page a crackling hungry flame. This novel about a young studious woman immersed in the black revolutionary experience of the 60's Berkeley has a freshness and bright ardor that is rare in this lazy climate of American fiction.' - Joy Williams, author of State of Grace, 'Virgin Soul is first class awesome, every page a crackling hungry flame. 'Virgin Soul is first class awesome, every page a crackling hungry flame.

Virgin Soul by Judy Juanita