Things You Get for Free

by Michael McGirr

Book Overview

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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0871138379
• ISBN13: 9780871138378
• Release Date: February 2002
• Publisher: Grove/Atlantic
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.8" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

Things you get from reading...

I had seen this book on the library shelf for about a year before I finally checked it out. What a marvelous book! I immediately recommended it to all my friends, and those who did read it, thanked me. Of course, I now own my very own copy. While Mr. McGirr possesses a keen sense of humor, especially about himself, he also writes very warmly. The story of his travels with his widowed mother is told with flashbacks to his family life and and his journey as a Jesuit. He describes what first drew him to the order. Over the course of the book it becomes very obvious that he is at odds with his vocation as a Jesuit. And, during the journey with his mother, he has spiritual experiences in places unconnected with the Church, and is often times left cold in places where one would imagine to find inspiration. The humanity of it all!! Thank you, Mr. McGirr for this wonderful book.