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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... finally left the monks and student body to settle into their new / old routines . Saint John's was a simple three - story structure of bare grey cinder blocks and big picture windows . A terra - cotta roof flattered it with the look of ...
... finally , at the edge of the mud , the extra - large T - shirt . Skin that white shouldn't be exposed to the elements . " You're the man , Pair ! " Jon cried , nearly climbing out of the water . " You are the man . " When the other ...
... fall into a pattern . Finally I drifted away on a stream of Hail Marys , travelling away from myself , away from what was into what would never be . TWO The ROMANS AND CHRISTIANS he close September evening gave 9 Hail Mary Corner.
... finally slipped past the edge of the horizon , the last of the light pooled in the Bog in a blue - orange sheet like metal exposed to fire . I wasn't sure how they played it at other schools , but at the Seminary of Saint John the ...
... scratched something in there with his old pen , then finally looked up , waiting for my answer . " Uh , fine . I guess . " " Doesn't sound very definitive to me . " " Great . Everything's great . " Have you had 18 Brian Payton.
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