The edge of sadness
by Edwin O'Connor
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"Father Hugh Kennedy, a recovering alcoholic, returns to Boston to repair his damaged priesthood. There he is drawn into the unruly world of the Carmodys, a sprawling, prosperous Irish family teeming with passion and riddled with secrets. The story of this entanglement is a beautifully rendered tale of grace and renewal, of friendship and longing, of loneliness and spiritual aridity giving way to hope."--Page 4 of cover.
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Alcoholics, Belief and doubt, Catholics, Clergy, Fiction, Irish Americans, Priests, Religious lifePlaces
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The Edge of Sadness
February 1991, Resources for Christian Living, Brand: Thomas More Pr, Thomas More Pr
Hardcover
in English
0883472597 9780883472590
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Beautifully written . Very human, deeply spiritual. A book that resonates with life, it's struggles, its day to day routine that leads to introspection and encounters with God through simple people in everyday events, in a struggle for sobriety. All these lead the protagonist to a the edge of darkness. Routine and struggle can do that to you . Instead of an abyss that you expect him plunge into he is in the end rescued by a loving, caring God. A God that manifests Himself in daily parochial life within a city' s catholic sector. Author has spiritual depth and beautiful prose. I enjoyed this book very very much.
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