The Los Angeles Times has called best-selling novelist and priest Father Andrew M. Greeley "A master of the human heart," while the Baltimore Sun has said "Greeley has a fluent, beguiling pen." Welcome to Father Greeley's energetic and controversial world with FURTHERMORE! Memories of a Parish Priest (Forge; December 1, 1999; $24.95), his revealing book of autobiographical essays and the second volume of his wonderfully acclaimed and best-selling Confessions of a Parish Priest (1986).

  Well-known for his best-selling fiction, Andrew Greeley's keen journalistic eye has been closely observing the world around him for the past 70 years. FURTHERMORE! Lets us see yet another side of his personality: the crusader, the seeker of justice, and the defender of those who have been abused by the Church he loves so well. His Irish charm, wit, and insight makes it more a pleasure to join this remarkable man as he reflects on some of the major issues that have led him into the volatile world of church politics and the glaring light of media attention. Always on the side of compassion, understanding, and honesty, Father Greeley has many enemies both inside and outside the Church, and in this book he answers some of his critics—but always fairly and with forgiveness. In FURTHERMORE! Father Greeley takes on: Chicago's Cardinal Cody and his psychopathic tyranny The Church's response to the sexual abuse charges against priests. The rights of the laity against neo-authoritarian parish staff. The role of Catholic schools in America Greeley also shares the memories of some of the extraordinary people he has known and shows how they have influenced his life. He delves into his love of writing poetry and fiction and how it relates to God and himself as a person.

  Introspective, jovial, somber, and playful, Father Greeley's charismatic personality shines through in all of its many facets as he examines his life during the past 70 years. And running through all his observations is the positive undercurrent, familiar to his millions of readers, that God is Love, Understanding, and Forgiveness.

  Andrew M. Greeley, a Catholic priest, has written numerous best selling novels including, Younger than Springtime (Forge 1999), A Midwinter's Tale (Forge 1998), Irish Mist (Forge 1999), and Contract with an Angel (Forge 1998).