Called a book of the century, powerful, gripping, deeply moving, hauntingly beautiful, masterfully done, a must read and a freight train page turner! An intensely human tour of the great spiritual battles in the US Catholic church during the late 20th century. Brian Gail takes us out into the trenches and shows what life was like for Catholics good and bad during this critical time. This book is a great opportunity for Catholics to take hold of who they really are. Meticulously researched, brilliantly crafted, Fatherless ...
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Called a book of the century, powerful, gripping, deeply moving, hauntingly beautiful, masterfully done, a must read and a freight train page turner! An intensely human tour of the great spiritual battles in the US Catholic church during the late 20th century. Brian Gail takes us out into the trenches and shows what life was like for Catholics good and bad during this critical time. This book is a great opportunity for Catholics to take hold of who they really are. Meticulously researched, brilliantly crafted, Fatherless takes the reader on an unforgettable journey inside Fortune 500 boardrooms and Madison Avenue screening rooms, behind one-way mirrors in America's heartland and two-way screens in church confessionals, to the very peak of Ireland's highest mountain and inside the papal dining room of John Paul II in Rome. It is the searing journey to the center of conscience, however, that marks Fatherless as the signature Catholic novel of its generation. In its pages we meet flesh and blood characters - noble and flawed, driven and seeking; each struggling to achieve the American Dream ... discovering instead a uniquely American nightmare. How each confronts the reality of ethical and moral dilemmas - while struggling to balance faith, family, and career - goes to the very heart of the Catholic experience in America in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. This is a tale you will never forget.
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This is a powerful fictional account which rings with truth. In many places the storyline is compelled to recite much in the way of science in order to explicate the underlying motivations for the characters. At the same time it bleeds with the pain of modern man. It is a moving portrayal of the pain and dilemmas faced by an assistant parish priest, and several families as they confront the dichotomy set forth in the Gospels that even though we are in the world, we are not to be of the world. The choices faced are very real. The resulting consequences are just as real. The reader is left with the question of how now shall I live? Do I have the courage to stand for the truth, or do I bend to the pressures and influences of the modern world? The answer to these questions are very personal, but the ultimate impact may well shape the world in its entirety. We cannot afford to make the wrong choice.
