The Patron Saint of Used Cars and Second Chances - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Patron Saint of Used Cars and Second Chances write by Mark Millhone. This book was released on 2009-07-07. The Patron Saint of Used Cars and Second Chances available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In the course of one nine-month period, filmmaker Mark Millhone's youngest son nearly died from birth complications, his father was diagnosed with prostate cancer, his mother had a heart attack and passed away, a freak illness claimed the life of one of his friends, and his career imploded. As a result of his membership in what he calls the "tragedy-of-the-month club," his marriage also began to fray. Millhone responded to the chaos as many men might: Late one night, he logged on to eBay and bid on a vintage BMW—his fantasy car, but not exactly what the doctor ordered when it came to his family's finances. As if sharing the news that he'd won the auction with his already-peeved wife weren't bad enough, it turned out that he had to travel from New York to Texas to collect the car. His estranged dad joined him, and together they embarked upon a dysfunctional road trip—a comedy of errors that would lend Millhone the perspective he needed to save his marriage and to understand what was really important in his life: his family. Acerbic and hilarious but with heart, this memoir will appeal to readers of Chuck Klosterman, David Sedaris, and Nick Hornby, as well as readers of Millhone's "Guy Wisdom" column in Men's Health. His male perspective on a troubled marriage, raising children, coping with loss, and rejuvenating a relationship with a parent will appeal equally to both sexes.
The Publishers Weekly
The Publishers Weekly - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Publishers Weekly write by . This book was released on 2009. The Publishers Weekly available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
The Patron Saint Of Liars
The Patron Saint Of Liars - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Patron Saint Of Liars write by Ann Patchett. This book was released on 2011-04-04. The Patron Saint Of Liars available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A New York Times Notable Book Acclaimed author Ann Patchett's debut novel, hailed as "beautifully written . . . a first novel that second- and third-time novelists would envy for its grace, insight, and compassion” (Boston Herald) St. Elizabeth’s, a home for unwed mothers in Habit, Kentucky, usually harbors its residents for only a little while. Not so Rose Clinton, a beautiful, mysterious woman who comes to the home pregnant but not unwed, and stays. She plans to give up her child, thinking she cannot be the mother it needs. But when Cecilia is born, Rose makes a place for herself and her daughter amid St. Elizabeth’s extended family of nuns and an ever-changing collection of pregnant teenage girls. Rose’s past won’t be kept away, though, even by St. Elizabeth’s; she cannot remain untouched by what she has left behind, even as she cannot change who she has become in the leaving.
Thank You, St. Jude
Thank You, St. Jude - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Thank You, St. Jude write by Robert A. Orsi. This book was released on 1996-01-01. Thank You, St. Jude available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. St. Jude, patron saint of hopeless causes, is the most popular saint of the American Catholic laity, particularly among women. This fascinating book describes how the cult of St. Jude originated in 1929, traces the rise in Jude's popularity over the next decades, and investigates the circumstances that led so many Catholic women to feel hopeless and to turn to St. Jude for help. Robert A. Orsi tells us that the women who were drawn to St. Jude--daughters and granddaughters of immigrants from southern and eastern Europe and Ireland--were the first generations of Catholic women to make lives for themselves outside of their ethnic enclaves. Orsi explores the ambitions and dilemmas of these women as they dealt with the pressures of the Depression and the Second World War, made modern marriages for themselves, entered the workplace, took care of relatives in their old neighborhoods, and raised children in circumstances very different from those of their mothers and grandmothers. Drawing on testimonies written in the periodicals devoted to St. Jude and on interviews with women who felt their lives were changed by St. Jude's intervention, Orsi shows how devotion to St. Jude enabled these women to negotiate their way amid the conflicting expectations of their two cultures--American and Catholic.
The Patron Saint of Lost Girls
The Patron Saint of Lost Girls - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Patron Saint of Lost Girls write by Maureen Aitken. This book was released on 2018. The Patron Saint of Lost Girls available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. It's the Midwest in the 1970-80s, and Mary is growing up in Detroit, where the recession hits hard, and jobs are scarce. In a set of linked stories, Mary tries to conjure the spirits of protection to confront economic struggle, violence, addiction, and death. Mary moves to cities across the Midwest looking for work, all the while learning the healing power of dignity from the true patrons: her community of friends and family who teach her to love better, live fuller, and question power. An ode to the creative spirit's ability to transcend hardship, The Patron Saint of Lost Girls paints an unflinching portrait of women's resilience in the face of injustice.
