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Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"The fifth of eight children, Chris Forhan was born into a family of silence. His mother and father often sat in the same room but exchanged no words. He and his siblings learned, without being told, that certain thoughts and feelings were not to be shared. On the evenings his father didn't come home, the rest of the family would eat dinner without him, his whereabouts unknown, his absence pronounced but unspoken. And on a cold night just before Christmas...
Author
Publisher
Jossey-Bass
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Acclaimed for his writings on religious belief and spirituality, Paul Wilkes now recounts his lifelong search for God. Starting with his working-class upbringing in Cleveland, his story continues through lonely nights in a factory, working his way through college, a surprising confrontation during the Cuban Missile Crisis, a torrid romance on the Indian Ocean, acceptance into an Ivy League school, and entering the "perfect" marriage, which would eventually...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Co
Pub. Date
1996.
Language
English
Description
National Book Award winner: This story of a family torn apart by the Vietnam era is 'a magnificent portrayal of two noble men who broke each other's hearts' (Booklist). James Carroll grew up in a Catholic family that seemed blessed. His father, who had once dreamed of becoming a priest, instead began a career in J. Edgar Hoover's FBI, rising through the ranks and eventually becoming one of the most powerful men in the Pentagon, the founder of the...
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