Amanda's review
All Souls: A Family Story from Southie (Ballantine Reader's Circle) by Michael Patrick MacDonald (Goodreads author!)
Amanda's review
rating:
bookshelves: readincollege
recommended for: Bostonians
status: Read in April, 2003
rating:
bookshelves: readincollege
recommended for: Bostonians
status: Read in April, 2003
I was first introduced to this book because my friend was reading it for class. She needed to read, but we also needed to get free ice cream, so we combined the two by reading as we walked to Cleveland Circle. Three of us took turns reading allowed while the other two listened and warned the reader of "upclines" and "downclines."
The adventure proved amusing, but what's more, I got really into the book and insisted on borrowing it that summer. The book tells the story of the author, Patrick McDonald, as he grows up in Southie during the Bulgars' reign of Boston. Having not grown up in Boston, I had never heard of Whitey Bulgar and was fascinated just by the fact that he had such control. Aside from that, the story is close to the heart and very real.
The adventure proved amusing, but what's more, I got really into the book and insisted on borrowing it that summer. The book tells the story of the author, Patrick McDonald, as he grows up in Southie during the Bulgars' reign of Boston. Having not grown up in Boston, I had never heard of Whitey Bulgar and was fascinated just by the fact that he had such control. Aside from that, the story is close to the heart and very real.
