Fiction, Eddie Ryan longs for everything like could offer and lusts after the most beautiful in his teenage world - A hilarious and touching story of Catholic school teenage years.

Do Black Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?

John R. Powers

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Last Catholic in America

A humorous, nostalgic voyage through Chicago of the 1950s remembers a time of heartwarming innocence. By the author of Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up? Reprint. NYT.

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“Hilarious, touching, beautiful . . .” —Detroit News“A totally enjoyable novel with at least one laugh on every page.” —Fresno Bee“. . . you’ll never forget it.” —Publishers Weekly Growing up on Chicago’s South Side in the 1960s, Eddie Ryan is learning a lot—and not just from the Brothers at his all-boys Catholic high school. Eddie’s world is populated by peculiar adults, oddball classmates, and puzzling girls—the greatest mystery of all. He takes it all in through the prism of his Catholic upbringing, which often deepens the mystery, but sometimes clarifies it, too. Entering Eddie Ryan’s world will delight not only readers who grew up there with him, but also those too young to remember. This new edition of Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up? includes a new introduction as well as discussion questions designed to help deepen the reading experience for both individuals and reading groups.

Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?

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The Last Catholic in America

“Hilarious, touching, beautiful . . .” âDetroit News“A totally enjoyable novel with at least one laugh on every page.” âFresno Bee“. . . you’ll never forget it.” âPublishers Weekly Growing up on Chicago’s South Side in the 1960s, Eddie Ryan is learning a lotâand not just from the Brothers at his all-boys Catholic high school. Eddie’s world is populated by peculiar adults, oddball classmates, and puzzling girlsâthe greatest mystery of all. He takes it all in through the prism of his Catholic upbringing, which often deepens the mystery, but sometimes clarifies it, too. Entering Eddie Ryan’s world will delight not only readers who grew up there with him, but also those too young to remember. This new edition of Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up? includes a new introduction as well as discussion questions designed to help deepen the reading experience for both individuals and reading groups.

Biographies & Memoirs

Memoirs

Samuel. French

All religions have worked hard to give you the impression that I’m a stiff; the kind of guy you’d never invite to a party. . . . I like laughter and the people who do it; from the twitterers to the chucklers to those whose laughter roars out in a gallop of explosions. To me, laughter is taking a bite out of life and saying, “Just right.” Signed: God Clever yet cynical Tim Conroy, a failed idealist with a chip on his shoulder, is unable to find a secure place for himself in 1960s South Side Chicago. He narrates his bittersweet struggles with God, sex, career, and education in a voice that evokes an Irish Catholic Holden Caulfield. This poignant, skillfully told tale concludes John R. Powers’s memorable coming-of-age trilogy that includes The Last Catholic in America and Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?

The Unoriginal Sinner and the Ice-Cream God (Loyola Classics)

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Loyola Classics

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Do Black Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?

Last Catholic in America

Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?

The Last Catholic in America

Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?

The Unoriginal Sinner and the Ice-Cream God (Loyola Classics)