Father Joe: The Man Who Saved My Soul (Thorndike Press Large Print Basic Series) - Hardcover

Hendra, Tony

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9780786269105: Father Joe: The Man Who Saved My Soul (Thorndike Press Large Print Basic Series)

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ISBN 10: 0786269103 ISBN 13: 9780786269105

Publisher: Thorndike Pr, 2004

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Like everything human, it started with sex. In 1955, fourteen-year-old Tony found himself entangled with a married Catholic woman. When the woman's husband learnt of their involvement, he whisked Tony off to see a priest and be saved. The priest was Father Joe, a gentle, stammering, ungainly Benedictine monk. And during the next forty years, as his life and career drastically ebbed and flowed, Tony discovered that his visits to Father Joe remained the one constant in his life the relationship that, in the most serious sense, saved it.

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Review:

'...a powerful, intelligent, witty, stimulating and often moving account of Hendra's fall from grace...a fascinating journey of the soul.' -- The Spectator

'...an affecting, thought-provoking and richly cluttered combination of confession, memoir, account of Roman Catholic education and act of hero-worship...' -- The Telegraph

'This extraordinary, luminescent, profound book shows us something wonderfully unexpected and deeply true.' -- The New York Times

About the Author:

Tony Hendra is best known for his stand-up comedy with the Monty Python gang and for his role in This is Spinal Tap. He was an original editor of National Lampoon and writes for GQ, Vanity Fair, Esquire and other magazines. This is his first book.

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