The Unoriginal Sinner and the Ice-cream God - 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 Unoriginal Sinner and the Ice-cream God write by John R. Powers. This book was released on 2006. The Unoriginal Sinner and the Ice-cream God available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In "The Unoriginal Sinner and the Ice-Cream God," John Powers introduces us to Tim Conroy, an ambitious and gifted young man from a blue-collar neighborhood who struggles to find his place in a world riddled with insincerity. He narrates his bittersweet battles with God, sex, career, and family in a voice that evokes an Irish-Catholic Holden Caufield."The Unoriginal Sinner and the Ice-Cream God "is the concluding book in Powers' coming-of-age trilogy, which also includes "The Last Catholic in America" and "Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?"
The Unoriginal Sinner and the Ice-Cream God
The Unoriginal Sinner and the Ice-Cream God - 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 Unoriginal Sinner and the Ice-Cream God write by John R. Powers. This book was released on 2010-06. The Unoriginal Sinner and the Ice-Cream God available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. All religions have worked hard to give you the impression that I'm a stiff; the kind of guy you'd never invite to a party. . . . I like laughter and the people who do it; from the twitterers to the chucklers to those whose laughter roars out in a gallop of explosions. To me, laughter is taking a bite out of life and saying, "Just right." Signed: God Clever yet cynical Tim Conroy, a failed idealist with a chip on his shoulder, is unable to find a secure place for himself in 1960s South Side Chicago. He narrates his bittersweet struggles with God, sex, career, and education in a voice that evokes an Irish Catholic Holden Caulfield. This poignant, skillfully told tale concludes John R. Powers's memorable coming-of-age trilogy that includes The Last Catholic in America and Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?
The Last Catholic in America
The Last Catholic in America - 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 Last Catholic in America write by John R. Powers. This book was released on 2010-06. The Last Catholic in America available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "It is fast-moving and often downright funny."—New York Times "He has recaptured childish innocence and presented it with adult enlightenment—plus a touch of cynicism—yet never with irreverence." —Book-of-the-Month Club News First confession and its terrors. Eighty-four first graders in a classroom ruled by just one nun. The agony and the ecstasy of Lent. The dubious honor of being declared the worst altar server ever. Dinah Shore and the Blessed Virgin haunting your dreams. This is Eddie Ryan's world as he grows up in the intensely Catholic world of South-Side Chicago's St. Bastion's parish in the 1950s. In this classic coming-of-age novel, John Powers draws readers into Eddie Ryan's world with deep affection and bittersweet humor.
The Junk-Drawer Corner-Store Front Porch Blues
The Junk-Drawer Corner-Store Front Porch Blues - 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 Junk-Drawer Corner-Store Front Porch Blues write by John R. Powers. This book was released on 1993-06. The Junk-Drawer Corner-Store Front Porch Blues available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Filled with charming and evocative details, this is both a moving account of a middle-aged man's belated coming-of-age and a classic growing-up story for the Baby Boom generation. At turns hilarious and bittersweet, this novel is destined to be a bookshelf classic.
The Blue Castle
The Blue Castle - 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 Blue Castle write by L.M. Montgomery. This book was released on 2022-07-14. The Blue Castle available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 29 and unmarried, gasp! - can you think of anything worse? In 1920s rural Canada, Valancy Stirling is considered "past it" and with a controlling, nagging mother and petty gossips for relatives she feels trapped in the life she has ended up in and when she is diagnosed with a terminal heart condition and given a year to live, it seems she will die without ever experiencing happiness. And so, she rebels. She leaves her family home slamming the door as she does and moves in with her old friend Cissy and starts working as a housekeeper. The independence is intoxicating - as is a growing friendship with local man, Barney Snaith. It looks as though Valancy will have love to warm her heart in her final months. But secrets on both sides threaten to ruin things. The intoxicating story of love and loss is perfect for fans of Elizabeth Gaskell and Jodie Picoult. Lucy Maud (L.M.) Montgomery was a Canadian author best known for a series of children's books beginning with 'Anne of Green Gables'. The books were a huge hit in her lifetime and were recently made in the Netflix series 'Anne with an E'. Montgomery published 20 novels, 530 short stories, 500 poems and 30 essays in her lifetime. Most were set in Canada's smallest province, Prince Edward Island.
