Vows: The Story of a Priest, a Nun, and Their Son

Vows is a compelling story of one family's unshakable faith that to be called is to serve, however high the cost may be. Peter Manseau's riveting evocation of his parents' parallel childhoods, their similar callings, their experiences in the seminary and convent, and how they met while tending to the homeless of Roxbury, Massachusetts, during the riot-prone 1960s is a page-turning meditation on the effect that love can have on profound faith.

Author: Peter Manseau
Publisher: Free Press
Published: 10/01/2006
Pages: 416
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.44h x 5.51w x 1.00d
ISBN13: 9780743249089
ISBN10: 0743249089
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Religious
- Religion | Christianity | Catholic

About the Author
Peter Manseau is the author of Vows and coauthor of Killing the Buddha. His writing has also appeared in The New York Times Magazine, The Washington Post, and on National Public Radio's All Things Considered. A founding editor of the award-winning webzine KillingTheBuddha.com, he is now the editor of Search, The Magazine of Science, Religion, and Culture. He lives with his wife and two daughters in Washington, D.C., where he studies religion and teaches writing at Georgetown University.

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