Excerpt from the new book 'Sister, Sinner,' by Claire Hoffman, about the life and mysterious disappearance of 1920s evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson.

The multigenerational drama hurtles by on a razor's edge between tragedy and comedy, rage and serenity, hope and despair.

This long but substantial drama now on stage in Skokie tells the story of two generations of a family, one in the last days ...