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Michael Patrick MacDonald - All Souls: A Family Story from Southie

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In this vivid memoir of growing up poor in Boston, a man recalls the colorful characters who played an important part in his life--some strong role models, others gangsters and worse--and considers the high cost of survival and why success falls on some and eludes others.
 

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All Souls - Poverty is Painful for All Involved

Date of Review:  Jun 28, 2008
The Bottom Line: Excellent story on poverty in white America.
Review: Michael Patrick MacDonald grew up in South Boston. All Souls: A Family Story from Southie is his story. It's the tale of white poverty in the United States and the toll that takes on everyone.

There's a myth in the States that poverty is a...
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Here We Go Southie, Here We Go!

Date of Review:  Jan 18, 2008
The Bottom Line: All Souls is an amazing account of what is right about South Boston when so much has been wrong about South Boston.
Review: The past few years there has been a bright spotlight shone upon the South Boston social and political climates that have forever given Southie the reputation of being a sort of rough and tumble sort of place. With movies such as The Departed...
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Tough life in the Southie projects...

Date of Review:  Jun 14, 2000
Review: Michael Patrick Macdonald has been in the news quite a bit lately in Boston. Susan Sarandon has expressed an interest in playing his mother in the film version of his recent bestseller "All Souls," and many others in Hollywood are scrambling for a...
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Authors Michael Patrick MacDonald
Narrator William Dufris
Fiction Genre Biography & Autobiography
Fiction Subgenre Unknown
Awards 2000 American Book Award

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  New York Times: "ALL SOULS is the written equivalent of an Irish wake, where revelers dance and sing the dead person's praises. In that same style, the book leavens tragedy with dashes of humor but preserves the heartbreaking details."

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  Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Beacon Pr (September 25, 1999)
Measurements: 9"(h) x 6"(w) x 1"(d), 1 lbs.
ISBN: 9780807072127
 

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