The Search for Maggie Ward [Audiobook, Unabridged] [Audio Cassette]

Andrew M. Greeley (Author), multivoice (Reader)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1, 1991

It is the summer after the Big War and, while most veterans are racing back to setup housekeeping, Jerry Keenan finds himself unattached, unable to settle down, and suffering nightmares form his wartime experiences.

Enter Andrea King, an eighteen-year-old war widow. Finding her irresistible, Keenan embarks on a love affair so passionate that it re-awakens him to life and to God. Then, just when life looks rosiest, Andrea disappears. In searching for her, he uncovers her miserable past (and her real name, Maggie Ward) as an abused child and an abused wife. When he finally locates her, his quest focuses on winning the beautiful Maggie as his wife.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

A mysterious woman named Maggie rekindles the sexuality and religious faith of a man tortured by WW II memories; as usual, Roman Catholic priest Greeley's cardboard characters and cliched dialogue are the stuff of screenplays.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.

About the Author

Andrew Greeley is a Catholic priest and sociologist, and the author of many New York Times bestselling novels, including Summer at the Lake and Contract with an Angel, which are available from Brilliance Audio. He lives in Chicago.

Product Details

• Audio Cassette
• Publisher: Unabridged Library Edition; Unabridged edition (May 1, 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1561000736
• ISBN-13: 978-1561000739
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.2 x 2.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,040,444 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

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.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An earlier work by Greeley, but fans will enjoy., November 24, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Search for Maggie Ward (Mass Market Paperback)

It is easy to see that Greeley wrote this book earlier in his career and often falls back on cliches of women and certain dated language. His more recent work has improved tremendously. (See White Smoke and the Nuala Mc Grail novels). Overall, as are all Greeley books, highly entertaining, if someone implausible. Enjoyable, if you take it for what it's worth.

2 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting and intriguing, June 21, 2001

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anne johnson - See all my reviews

This review is from: Search for Maggie Ward (Mass Market Paperback)

I am really not sure I liked this book. I was a youngster, (13 and 14) in 46 and 47 so some of the descriptive history of that time was interesting but somehow, the energy Jerry spent looking for Andrea, Maggie, or whoever she was was not too believable plus some of their dialogue was boring. I hope somebody else will put a current review but I guess not too many are interested in this book and I wouldn't have been if I hadn't had it given to me. This was my first and only by Greely.