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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... rest of his life . Told with compassion , wit , and wis- dom , Hail Mary Corner is a powerful tale of friendship and tyranny , love and loneliness , betrayal and forgiveness . Brian Payton was born in the United States and moved.
... told , it was bones . I closed my eyes again and wondered what kind of bones were in that little box . Jaw ? Teeth ? Skull cap ? Probably her knees , I thought , feeling my own go numb . " Beach Holme Publishing ISBN 0-88878-422-8 ...
... told , it was bones . I closed my eyes again and wondered what kind of bones were in that little box . Jaw ? Teeth ? Skull cap ? Probably her knees , I thought , feeling my own go numb . I was late again this year , my third at the ...
... told me to change out of my “ getup , ” then store it and the offending machine in my trunk . “ Be on time and in uniform for the Reading of the Rules , " he added . " There the Veil of Misunderstanding will surely be lifted . " This ...
... told you everything . The Calling , my behav- iour , the usual . " Connor slurped his three - sugared coffee and stuck a piece of toast into his mouth . " You seen the p - p - picture yet ? " " What picture ? " " Show him . " Jon slid a ...
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