The story of a public personality—the possible future mayor of Montreal—this memoir recounts how Richard Bergeron and his four brothers lived in an orphanage for five years in the 1960s. Set in a small city in Northern Quebec, surrounded by bush and industry, this account describes the five floors of dormitories with 50 children on each floor, the daily routine, and the nuns who ran the orphanage. This short and moving story of how Richard began the rest of his life will take the reader to another time and place.

Théologien et professeur émérite à la Faculté de théologie et de sciences des religions de l’Université de Montréal, Richard Bergeron réfléchit sur les façons de redécouvrir une spiritualité authentique dans une société séculière. Il a publié plus d’une vingtaine d’ouvrages dont les derniers, «Renaître à la spiritualité» et «Et pourquoi pas Jésus?», cherchent à repenser la spiritualité chrétienne en prenant en compte les exigences de la sécularité et du pluralisme religieux.

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Originally from Ireland, Peter McCambridge holds a BA in modern languages from Cambridge University, England, and has lived in Quebec City since 2003. He runs Québec Reads and QC Fiction. His translations have been World Literature Today Notable Translations, longlisted for Canada Reads, and finalists for the Giller Prize and the Governor General’s Award for Translation.

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