Hail Mary CornerDundurn, 16 paź 2001 - 209 Taut, compelling, and remarkably assured, Hail Mary Corner thrusts readers into unfamiliar territory past an emotional frontier we all must cross: the uncertain ground between adolescence and adulthood. High on a cliff above a pulp-mill town on Vancouver Island, sixteen-year-old Bill MacAvoy and his friends lead cloistered lives while other boys their age run free. it may be the fall of 1982, but inside the walls of their Benedictine seminary they inhabit a medieval world steeped in ritual and discipline--a place where blackrobed monks move like shadows between doubt and faith. Isolated from the outside, Bill and his friends develop a unique and often hilarious culture. Schooled in the virtues of sacrifice and service, they instead learn to challenge, resist, and wield power over one another's lives. On the road to certain expulsion, Bill discovers two secrets: one concerns Brother Thomas, the monk who watches his every move; the other involves his best friend, Jon. In Bill's hands these secrets prove dangerous weapons. Handled carelessly, they trigger an event that threatens to haunt him for the rest of his life. |
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... Brother Thomas , the monk who watches his every move ; the other involves his best friend , Jon . In Bill's hands these secrets prove dan- gerous weapons . Handled carelessly , they trigger an event that threatens to haunt him for the ...
... Brother Thomas . A tall , skeletal man slightly older than my father , he had a permanent squint as if he'd been sucking a lemon or was thinking so hard he was about to burst a blood vessel . " Man of God ! " he declared that very first ...
... Brother Thomas wasn't interested in hearing my defence . " Holy Mary , Mother of God , pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death . Amen . " The rosary was made up of three groups of five Mysteries each . The second group ...
... brother , and priest on the hill . It was a considerable journey . One could wait until Sunday Confession to get rid ... Brother Thomas swooped down from the Rack , pulled a swift genuflection in front of the altar , and scurried to the ...
... Brother Thomas straightened with a handful of dripping frog . He took the intruder to the main doors and pushed the handle down . It was locked . He marched to the side entrance and found that door locked , too . We all stared , waiting ...
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