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A Christmas Wedding Father Andrew Greeley has earned his reputation as one of America's greatest story-tellers. His unique view of life, his Trish wit and charm, and his passionate love affair with Chicago and its people shine through this third volume of this wonderfully warm and often hilarious story of Chuckie and the O'Malleys. Often called "the crazy O'Malleys" by their friends, they are known for their unorthodox views, their outrageous behavior, and their irrepressible good humor. |
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Chuckie, in spite of being short with wiry red hair and freckles, is our hero, and he has just been thrown out of Notre Dame on trumped-up charges-somebody planted beer in his dorm room, and the world knows that Chuckie doesn't drink. He decides to go to the University-the University of Chicago to the good citizens of Chicago-in spite of the fact that many of Chuckie's co-religionists think of the U. of C. as a hotbed of atheism and communism. At the University he meets with a fiery brand of Catholicism he has never encountered before, which strengthens his faith, and he also finds Rosemarie, his beautiful foster sister, whom he once saved from drowning and who gave him his first kiss. They decide they had better be friends. Though Chuckie thinks of himself as a dull bean counter, Rosemarie, his nemesis throughout his young life, knows better and goads him into a career of infinite promise and immense gratification, to say nothing of fame and glory. Love blossoms between our hero and the beautiful Rosemarie, but she carries within her a soul-destroying secret that eventually threatens her life and the lives of all who love her. Father Greeley paints a fascinating picture of life in the United States after WWII: the returning veterans, the women they loved, and their children, who became the baby boomers. The life of the O'Malleys parallels Father Greeley's own. He lived through these times and great storyteller that he is - he presents the era in all its color, vivacity, laughter, heartbreak, and glory. FATHER ANDREW M GREELEY
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