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|  | | A BOY FROM LAWRENCE: The Collected Writings of Eugene F. Connolly
In this heartwarming memoir, a beloved professor shares his spiritual journey. He takes us from his early Tom Sawyer-like childhood to his years as a Marist Brother and, ultimately, a devoted husband, father, and friend. He enlightens, encourages, and inspires and moves us to both laughter and tears. His spirituality and scholarship create a world where success means living with faith, hope, and love and cherishing the moment.
Book excerpt:
When my children were young, one of our friends, a high-school principal, used to say to me “Your children are so lucky. They are never going to have any trouble speaking perfect English. Having two teachers for parents, they won’t know what grammatical errors are. What a great advantage!”
One winter day not long after the last time he said that I was sitting in my study working when my youngest daughter, Kelly, walked in. She was four. She said, “Hi, Dad!!” She was dressed in a brand-new outfit: a beautiful light-gray coat and matching hat, long stockings, and shin | |  | | Never Better: All Things Considered
Becoming single once again leads to an informative and entertaining journal of healing.
A journal of healing blends pop culture and social research into reflections about the present and past./b>
The majority of women in the United States are living without a spouse, and for many, being single is a return to a status given up long ago. Sally A. Connolly, a former school counselor and teacher, was thrust into widowhood—and living single—by the loss of her husband of thirty-seven years to brain cancer. In order to cope, Connolly turned to writing, and her recently published book, i>Never Better: All Things Considered/i>, chronicles the first two years o |
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