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Vestments (2010)

by John Reimringer(Favorite Author)

3.78 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1571310800 (ISBN13: 9781571310804)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Milkweed Editions

review 1: Really got a flavor of a place and a man and a family and a struggle with faith. The dad and granddad were my favorite characters, and they were so richly drawn. Two flaws, and perhaps it was me: Aside from Bill Clinton's troubles, it was hard to remember this was set in the mid-1990s; and so much of it was in flashback, and it used maybe a couple too many. But great language and characters, including the city of St. Paul.
review 2: Reimringer writes with such profound insight about the priestly struggle with celibacy that I was certain he must have been a priest. A devout seminarian at the very least. Born into a dysfunctional St. Paul MN family, James Dressler finds comfort and stability as an altar boy in his local parish and becomes a priest. While pastor o... moref a small church, his friendship with a troubled young woman puts him in a compromising position for which he is denounced. When this results in his transferal to a different parish, he accepts a teaching position at St. John's University takes a year's leave of absence. Prior to the beginning of the fall semester, he returns home for his brother's wedding. Escalating family crisis and a reunion with an early love, trigger a struggle between loyalty to his vows and human yearning so intense that we are left guessing till the very end what direction his life with take. I'd call this a spiritual mystery novel if there is such a thing. Reimringer's soaring description of divine longing and sacramental life brings a luminous luster to this very human novel. less

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