All Souls: A Family Story from Southie by Michael Patrick MacDonald by Michael Patrick MacDonald, Michael Patrick MacDonald

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

Michael Patrick MacDonald, Michael Patrick MacDonald

264 pages first pub 1999 (editions)

nonfiction biography history memoir emotional reflective sad slow-paced
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All Souls: A Family Story from Southie by Michael Patrick MacDonald is a powerful and poignant memoir that will resonate deeply with readers who appreciate stories of resilience, redemption, and the complexities of the human experience, particularly those interested in the struggles and triumphs of working-class communities and the power of family and community bonds.

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Michael Patrick MacDonald grew up in "the best place in the world"--the Irish-American Old Colony projects of South Boston--where 85% of the residents collect welfare in an area with the highest concentration of impoverished whites in the U.S. In ...

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3.86
based on 8 reviews

Moods

emotional: 100%

challenging: 50%

hopeful: 50%

informative: 50%

inspiring: 50%

reflective: 50%

sad: 50%


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66% of readers chose medium
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