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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... fingers moving enough to keep him afloat on the smooth , almost stagnant surface . Although we had exchanged letters and the odd phone call , we'd gone nearly three months without seeing each other and 6 Brian Payton.
... finger to my lips , and winked . " So maybe we'll head back toward the gym , " I said just loud enough for them to hear . " Yeah . We'll surprise the little shits down there . " Jon pulled my head close and whispered in my ear that he'd ...
... finger on him . ” Eric was right . The first day of class and I had humiliated this kid in front of half the school . The other half would know before their heads hit their pillows . I apologized , then reached out my hand . He took it ...
... Finger of God , it seemed , was pointed directly at me , and I cursed all par- ents who had christened their daughters Mary . " Hail , Mary , full of grace , the Lord is with thee . Blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit ...
... finger by the moonlit Bog . She was the kind of girl who would appreciate that sort of thing . I kept think- ing of Mary , and it became impossible to sleep . To keep my hands from distraction , I clenched them in prayer . Make me pure ...
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