Up All Night: Practical Wisdom from Mothers and Fathers - Softcover

Gregory Orfalea; Barbara Rosewicz; Alice McDermott

9780809142354: Up All Night: Practical Wisdom from Mothers and Fathers

Softcover

ISBN 10: 080914235X ISBN 13: 9780809142354

Publisher: Paulist Pr, 2004

Here is a one-of-a-kind parenting book that began in a church but now belongs on the nightstand or bookshelf of anyone who is raising children in this difficult world.

Over a period of several years, parents at Blessed Sacrament parish in Washington, DC, were invited to speak at Sunday liturgy on Mother's and Father's Day. This book culls the very best of these presentations into a memorable volume filled with the practical wisdom of parents "in the trenches."

Through the intimate personal stories of the contributors, whose children range in age from infants to adults, we are privy to the extraordinary gift that is parenthood--the hopes, aspirations, regrets, hard-won knowledge, joy, and pain. And it all rings true, coming, as it does, from the true experts in the field--those who are doing it every day.

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About the Author:

Gregory Orfalea is director of the Writing Center and assistant professor of creative writing at Pitzer College (of the Claremont Colleges in California). The author of several books, he and his wife have three sons.

Review:

These testimonies offer as much wisdom as Dr. Spock with a gentle reminder of God's place in it all. -- Therese J. Borchard, editor of I LOVE BEING A MOM (Doubleday, 2004), and syndicated columnist of

This is a wonderful collection of reflections on the joys and challenges of parenting and being parented. -- Julie Hanlon Rubio, author of A Christian Theology of Marriage and Family

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