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|  | | Unsuitable Treasure: An Ex-Jesuit Makes Peace with the Past
A coming of age story about how my father's alcoholism, his early death, and my nine years in the Jesuits studying to be a Catholic priest affected my later decisions to marry, to have a family, and to study, teach and write about literature.
This is a story about how youthful unhappiness and misfortune helped me settle decisively on my true vocation in life. I attended a Jesuit high school, entered the religious order known as the Jesuits at seventeen, and then left the Jesuits at twenty-five. I then married and with my wife's emotional and financial support began a nearly fifty year career studying, teachng and writing about literature. This memoir allows the reader to follow my search for something indestructible in the customs and routines of daily life that have such seeming power to beat us down. | |  | | Unsuitable Treasure: An Ex-Jesuit Makes Peace with the Past
A coming of age story about how my father's alcoholism, his early death, and my nine years in the Jesuits studying to be a Catholic priest affected my later decisions to marry, to have a family, and to study, teach and write about literature.
This is a story about how youthful unhappiness and misfortune helped me settle decisively on my true vocation in life. I attended a Jesuit high school, entered the religious order known as the Jesuits at seventeen, and then left the Jesuits at twenty-five. I then married and with my wife's emotional and financial support began a nearly fifty year career studying, teachng and writing about literature. This memoir allows the reader to follow my search for something indestructible in the customs and routines of daily life that have such seeming power to beat us down. |
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One Lucky Guy
by Paul Lonardo
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 (Richard M. Feldman) Ever since I was a young boy, the only thing I wanted to be was a cowboy. I wanted to own and work on a real ranch, with cattle and horses. Especially horses.
While I never became a cowboy, considering everything I have done |
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