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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... Divine . I had arrived just in time to jump out of my shorts and into wool pants and a navy blazer - our school uniform . The organ called out to me as I frantically changed , alone , all the way up in the juniors ' dorm . I tied my tie ...
... broad Ennis Valley , the Seminary of Saint John the Divine was a boarding school with a specific agenda : to help young men find their Calling and to aid in their Priestly Formation . Everyone , right down to the 3 Hail Mary Corner.
... Divine was run by monks ; Benedictines to be exact . Their kind had been living the Rule of Saint Benedict since anno domini 529. Their wardrobe consisted of identical black - hooded habits . They eschewed vanities like deodorant and ...
... Divine like a hand on the back of a neck . But with the blue - sky backdrop and green junipers out front the place looked like a postcard from somewhere a whole lot better than this . Although it was Monday , we had the day off . The ...
... Divine , contestants concentrated on the apprehension , torture , and simulated martyrdom of Christians . Most boys wanted to be Roman . Old foxholes were dug in the black forest soil . They had been there for generations , hidden ...
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