Things You Get for Free
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Things You Get for Free is a travelogue rich with charm and wisdom and sparkling with its author's singular wit. As a priest, Michael McGirr decides to take his charming and inimitable mum on the honeymoon she and her late husband never got around to having. He uses his six-week vacation to take her on a tour of Europe. Between meditating on their hilarious and illuminating travels and on the historical figures who dot their voyage -- everyone from Hemingway to Michelangelo to the quietly heroic people who inspire Michael's special brand of faith -- McGirr plunges deep into his family history, unearthing sickness and instability but also moments of great love and perseverance. Things You Get for Free is a deeply moving spiritual and intellectual journey, proving the truth behind a mother's favorite saying: "I know more than you think I do."
Book information
ISBN: | 9780802140005 |
Publisher: | Grove Atlantic |
Imprint: | Grove Press |
Pub date: | 24 Apr 2003 |
Edition: | First Trade Paper Edition edition |
Language: | English |
Number of pages: | 304 |
Weight: | 345g |
Height: | 220mm |
Width: | 140mm |
Spine width: | 21mm |