Things You Get for Free (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780802140005)

Things You Get for Free is a travelogue rich with charm and wisdom and sparkling with its author's singular wit. As a priest, 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 favorite saying: I know more than you think I do.

Author: Michael McGirr
ISBN-10: 0802140009
ISBN-13: 9780802140005
Publisher: Grove Press
Language: English
Published: 03/11/2003
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.76lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.54w x 0.84d