With the delicacy, compassion, and wisdom wih which he has portrayed the passions and frustrations of boh the family and the clergy in today's society, Andrew Greeley nw writes a powerful love story for and about adults- a love so enduring that it lasts through forty years' separation... so indomitable that it prevails over the forces of natural catastrophe and demonic possession.
This is the story of Anne Reilly and Michael Casey, schoolchildren when they first tasted desire... an experience so overshelming that neither of them has ever forgotten it... so frightening that both of them have been rnning from it ever since. Now in her middle ears, Anne is a strikingly beautiful woman who suddenly discovers the full ripening of her intense sensuality... a woman for whom the Church has been the source both of her terrible anguish and the strength that holds her together.
A native of Chicago, Father 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 Chicago Sun Times and many 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.
