THE FATHER AND THE SON My Fathers Journey Into Monastic Matt Murray Paperback

Description: The Father and the SonMy Father's Journey into the Monastic LifeAuthor: Matt MurrayPaperbackCondition: NEW, never read - discount marker on edge, copyright date is underlinedEnglish "The year I turned thirteen, my father declared himself the patron saint of frustrated housewives from the time I started ninth grade I lived in constant danger of coming home from school to find a group of his disciples gathered in my living room."So begins The Father and the Son, a funny, moving, and sometimes painful story about a son's rediscovery of his father and a father's discovery of a new life of faith as a monk and priest.In this powerful work -- part memoir, part reportage--journalist Matt Murray explores the reasons his father, a middle-class homeowner and government worker, abandoned his life and moved to a rural monastery. The search takes the author back into his father's past, from his dirt-poor Depression-era childhood to his days as a struggling young writer in New York to his successful yet sometimes frustrated life as a husband and father. Murray recounts his mother's tragic death from cancer at the age of forty, and the difficult five years that followed for him, his farther, and his three siblings. He wrestles with the impact of his father's return to the Church at the age of fifty-two and subsequent decision to follow a life of faith, and the dramatic reshaping of his family that ensued.As Murray tracks his father through his conversion and delves into his beliefs, he questions not only his father's faith, but his own, and offers, with stark honesty, profound reflections on the relationships between fathers and sons. Don't just "watch" this item, Buy It Now -or- Make Me an Offer Your purchase will help those truly in need. Proceeds go directly to offset medical bills of local disabled American Veterans, a local privately run Food Pantry, a nursing home for indigent Senior Citizens who are also without living relatives and other like causes. Thank you for considering my item. -I offer combined shipping-Ships the next business day-Choose Standard shipping, Expedited shipping or Local Pick-Up when you check out-No International shipping -Bid in confidence as I have 100% positive feedback-From pet free and non-smoking home-Do not hesitate to ask questions L#DBZ71D1122BK01

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