Wise Blood
Why did Emery run away from the Bible Academy in the book, Wise Blood?
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A welfare woman who believed in the "old" Jesus had removed Emery from his father's care sent him away to attend a Bible academy and threatened him with life in the penitentiary if he did not do what she demanded of him.
Wise Blood