false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181076519m/1109887.jpg 1109887 3 In the spirit of Pete Hamil's SNOW IN AUGUST, the author of four New York Times bestsellers, including REPORT FROM ENGINE COMPANY 82, creates a moving memoir of growing up Irish Catholic and poor in New York City. <P>Growing up on the rough-and-tumble streets of New York City in the 1940s and '50s, Dennis Smith was a "tenement kid," dirt-poor, Irish-Catholic, and missing a father. According to his mother, who fought desperately to keep her children on the right track, his father had a disability which required him to stay in a hospital and have no visitors. By his early teens, Smith had become an angry rebel, and was involved with drugs, alcohol, and various kinds of criminal mischief. Just as his life was about to spin out of control, he learned the truth behind his father's absence, and begun a difficult process of personal healing and spiritual renewal. Told in first-person narrative, this lyrical remembrance is a powerful odyssey of one young man coming of age in a confusing and sometimes hostile world. 2195946 1 1999 A Song for Mary: An Irish-American Memory total:22|5:3|4:6|3:7|2:3|1:3| 22 69 42 5 4 0 false false Fri Sep 28 21:23:58 -0700 2007 Wed Feb 27 13:02:02 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Nov 21 00:00:00 -0800 1999 Sun Aug 02 17:33:41 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 02 17:34:21 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon May 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 24 15:06:24 -0700 2009 Mon May 18 16:24:13 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Fri Nov 16 08:47:57 -0800 2007 Fri Nov 16 08:49:44 -0800 2007 4 0 false false Sun Jun 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Feb 28 04:16:22 -0800 2008 Sun Jun 15 08:14:14 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Tue Nov 17 16:16:40 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 17 16:16:40 -0800 2009 2 0 false false Sat Sep 26 13:08:40 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 26 13:08:40 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sun Sep 20 15:17:29 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 19 16:37:48 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 20 15:17:29 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Jul 31 05:41:10 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 31 05:41:10 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Thu Jul 30 19:05:07 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 30 19:06:00 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Mon Jun 29 08:59:21 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 27 09:01:38 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 29 08:59:21 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri May 29 15:43:54 -0700 2009 Fri May 29 15:43:54 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Tue May 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 20 09:55:59 -0700 2009 Wed May 20 09:56:49 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue May 12 20:02:14 -0700 2009 Tue May 12 20:02:14 -0700 2009 1 0 false false Wed Jun 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 27 06:29:41 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 28 15:32:58 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Apr 17 06:43:06 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 17 06:43:06 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Apr 01 23:25:09 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 01 23:25:09 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Mar 24 05:32:32 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 24 05:32:32 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Mar 06 09:28:44 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 06 09:28:44 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Mar 04 12:43:43 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 10 18:36:20 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1109887