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Amen's Boy: A Fictionalized Autobiography
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Jacob Campbell
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William Maltese
Ripped from today's headlines, and based on the scandalously true story, Amen's Boy tells the tale of a young man who decides to become a Catholic priest. But before he can graduate from the seminary, he must preserve his youthful innocence from the physical, mental, and sexual abuse of...a sadistic father, a violent brother, a molesting classmate, and a secret cabal of pr
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This book is a must read: I can't do justice to it in writing at the moment because I just finished it and I'm still in awe of the way the writer manages to transform profound experiences into words. In this intense spiritual and sexual memoir, ecstatic visions, the effects of abuse and the awakening of a teenager's sexuality form one rich narrative that propels the reader forward – but forward to what? The ending could be a breakdown or a redemption. The closest literature to it I can think of
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Jan 04, 2015
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The fascinating first person view into the world of an abused boy, abused by family members, and when he goes to the priest for solace is taken in by the tender ruthlessness of the priest. In his longing to follow his vocation the boy is a special seminarian, a sacristan, but falls prey to ruthless peers, and is violated almost publicly, only to find no help but instead a seeming betrayal through a network of priests leaves the boy with all his dreams in tatters. The poetry of this book is elega
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