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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... tried to look like an army field officer discussing plans for an offensive . " Eric's a Christian , " Jon announced . " Volunteered again . " " He's so literal . He'll go far . " There was a rustling of leaves and then choked laughter ...
... tried letting him hang out with us for a while the previous year , but he didn't have much to say . He was too wrapped up in his own thing , so we let him slip back into obscurity . Now , in the flashlight beam , Dean folded his arms ...
... tried to force a smile , but it was much too late . " It's just a game , " I said . " I didn't- " " Line ' em up . " Connor took control , and Michael Ashbury fell in with the other Christians . One of the Romans looked at his watch and ...
... tried to keep from looking . " How are you settling in this year ? " Father Gregory had my file out . It , and an antique fountain pen , were the only things on the desk . Every seminarian had one of these neat dossiers with lists and ...
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