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Fiction Short Stories (single Author)

Passion

by (author) J. Michael Fay

Publisher
Island Cat Editions
Initial publish date
Mar 2016
Category
Short Stories (single author)
Recommended Age
16 to 18
Recommended Grade
11 to 12
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781927950029
    Publish Date
    Mar 2016
    List Price
    $2.99

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Description

1963 is a pivotal year for Dan James. Believing his destiny was set at the age of eleven when he stood next to his father's coffin, he enters the seminary at seventeen to become a priest. A well-read fellow seminarian and the world-shaking event later that year cause Dan to question his true passion in life.

Passion is the next in Michael Fay’s series of long-form short stories, following The Whirlabout and The Healer. Along with Tenderness, all have been published by IslandShorts.

 

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Editorial Reviews

This is a thoroughly engaging story about a young man’s coming of age and discovering while enrolled in a seminary that his calling is not for the priesthood but for literature and writing. One can smell the incense in the chapel and hear footsteps echoing in the stone hallways while young Dan James wrestles with his decision before walking out into a world with much to relish, treasure and describe.

 

Dennis Gruending, journalist and author of Pulpit and Politics