 Sister Glen Moore s dying wishes include a eulogy by Jesse Jackson; a spiritual delivered by "the big opera star," Benita Cross; and a final face-to-face with her estranged mother, the redoubtable Mrs. Gerturde Hudson. Reverend Dexter, of Brooklyn s New Canaan Church, must rely on his full reserves of wisdom, patience and heavenly guidance to negotiate the late sister s exquisitely orchestrated funeral and the little secret that she carries with her to the grave...