Things You Get for Free

by Michael McGirr | Travel | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 9780871138378 Global Overview for this book
Registered by winggoldenwattlewing of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory Australia on 2/6/2023
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Journal Entry 1 by winggoldenwattlewing from Canberra, Australian Capital Territory Australia on Monday, February 6, 2023
Things You Get for Free is "an inspired [book] about family, religion, love, and life" (The Boston Herald)--a travelogue rich with charm and wisdom and sparkling with its author's singular wit. As a pries, Michael McGirr decides to take his charming and inimitable mum on the honeymoon she and her late husband never got around to having. He uses his six-week vacation to take her on a tour of Europe. Between meditating on their hilarious and illuminating travels and on the historical figures who dot their voyage--everyone from Hemingway to Michelangelo to the quietly heroic people who inspire Michael's special brand of faith--McGirr plunges deep into his family history, unearthing sickness and instability but also moments of great love and perseverance. Things You Get for Free is a deeply moving spiritual and intellectual journey, proving the truth behind a mother's favourite saying. "I know more than you think I do."

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