Second Spring : A Love Story

by Greeley, Andrew M.

• ISBN13: 9780765302366
• ISBN10: 0765302365
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-04-01
• Publisher: Forge Books

Summary

Father Andrew M. Greeley, one of America's best-loved novelists, has delighted readers with his ongoing chronicles of the crazy O'Malleys, a rambunctious but re-sourceful Irish-American family caught up in the sweep of modern American history. The previous novels in the saga have taken the O'Malleys from the aftermath of World War II through the tumult of the Sixties. Now, Charles 'Chucky' O'Malley and his growing clan face the promises and pitfalls of the late Seventies. It's 1978 and the whole country, exhausted by Vietnam and Watergate, seems to be suffering from a massive hangover. Chucky O'Malley knows how the country feels; approaching fifty, he finds himself in the grip of a debilitating mid-life crisis. He hasn't lost his faith, exact-ly, but he does feel disillusioned with the world. Fortunately, he doesn't have to face this challenge alone. With the loving support of his family, and especially his irrepressible and adoring wife, Rosemarie, he just might discover a . . . Second Spring.

Author Biography

A native of Chicago, Reverend Andrew M. Greeley, is a priest, distinguished sociologist and bestselling author. He is professor of social sciences at the University of Chicago and the University of Arizona, as well as Research Associate at the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago. His current sociological research focuses on current issues facing the Catholic Church-including celibacy of priests, ordination of women, religious imagination, and sexual behavior of Catholics.

Father Greeley received the S.T.L. in 1954 from St. Mary of Lake Seminary. His graduate work was done at the University of Chicago, where he received the M.A. Degree in 1961 and the Ph.D. in 1962.

Father Greeley has written scores of books and hundreds of popular and scholarly articles on a variety of issues in sociology, education and religion. His column on political, church and social issues is carried by the carried by the Chicago Sun Times and may other newspapers. He stimulates discussion of neglected issues and often anticipates sociological trends. He is the author of more than thirty bestselling novels and an autobiography, Furthermore!: Confessions of a Parish Priest.