All Souls: A Family Story from Southie
Description
In this unflinching memoir, Michael Patrick MacDonald invites readers into the heart of South Boston's Old Colony projects, a community defined by fierce loyalty and deep-seated denial. He paints a vivid portrait of a neighborhood grappling with poverty, crime, and the devastating loss of loved ones to addiction and violence, all while maintaining a proud, insular identity. Through unforgettable characters, including his indomitable mother and the complex figure of Whitey Bulger, MacDonald explores the powerful forces of classism and racism that shaped his upbringing. This is a searing and ultimately hopeful story of survival and the struggle to transcend the circumstances of one's birth.
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paperback
ISIS Pub.
Published Jan 1, 2000
297 pages
ISBN: 9780345441775
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Details
First Published
1999
Language
eng
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