All Souls A Family Story from Southie

Name: All Souls A Family Story from Southie
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ISBN: 9780345441775

ISBN-10: 034544177X

ISBN-13: 9780345441775

Edition: N/A

Authors: Michael Patrick MacDonald

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Michael Patrick MacDonald grew up in "the best place in the world"--the Old Colony projects of South Boston--where 85% of the residents collect welfare in an area with the highest concentration of impoverished whites in the U.S. In All Souls, MacDonald takes us deep into the secret heart of Southie. With radiant insight, he opens up a contradictory world, where residents are besieged by gangs and crime but refuse to admit any problems, remaining fiercely loyal to their community. MacDonald also introduces us to the unforgettable people who inhabit this proud neighborhood. We meet his mother, Ma MacDonald, an accordion-playing, spiked-heel-wearing, indomitable mother to all; Whitey Bulger,…

Book details

List price: $14.95
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Publication date: 10/3/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English




All Souls' Night



Freedoms



Ghetto Heaven



Fight the Power



Looking for Whitey



August



Holy Water



Stand-Up Guy



Exile



Justice



Vigil


Acknowledgments