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About Michael Patrick MacDonald
See more books from this Author...his hard-won conception of how ghettoized poverty spawns localized violence, and the dignity he brings to lives snuffed out in chaos, gives All Souls a moral urgency usually lacking in current memoir or crime prose. A remarkable work.
Read Full Review of All Souls: A Family Story fro... | See more reviews from KirkusIn this plainly written, powerful memoir, MacDonald...details not only his own story of growing up in Southie...but examines the myriad ways in which the media and law enforcement agencies exploit marginalized working-class communities.
Read Full Review of All Souls: A Family Story fro... | See more reviews from Publishers WeeklyBy turns explosive and touching, All Souls ultimately shares a powerful message of hope, renewal, and redemption.
Read Full Review of All Souls: A Family Story fro...Both harrowing, and perversely hilarious, this memoir changed forever my thinking about Boston, Southie, the Irish, racism, and poverty in America.
Read Full Review of All Souls: A Family Story fro......"All Souls" is well worth reading. It’s unique because it gives a non-stereotypical view from an insider rather than an ivory tower academic looking in, interpreting with liberal or conservative theories.
Read Full Review of All Souls: A Family Story fro...An aggregated and normalized score based on 608 user ratings from iDreamBooks & iTunes