Lament for a Father: The Journey to Understanding and Forgiveness - Couverture souple

Olasky, Marvin

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1629958662 ISBN 13 : 9781629958668

Editeur : P & R Publishing Co (Presbyterian & Reformed), 2021

Synopsis

Marvin Olasky played catch with his father, Eli, only once--it didn't end well. Eli never laughed, rarely spoke with his son, and was periodically lambasted by his wife for his lack of ambition. How had a Harvard graduate failed to achieve all that he had once hoped for? Author Frederick Buechner confessed, "I dealt with the sad parts of my life by forgetting them." Seeing a danger in this, Olasky draws on his investigative journalist skills to uncover his father's past--facing Eli's pain and his own in order to understand and forgive. He follows Eli's story from his Orthodox Jewish childhood in Boston to his days as a commuter student at Harvard to his untold experiences in Germany following World War II to his embrace of Reconstructionist Judaism, describing a "spiritual and psychological death by one thousand cuts"--and discovering what he owes to his parents.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Marvin Olasky (PhD, University of Michigan) is editor in chief of World and the author of over twenty books, including Prodigal Press and The Tragedy of American Compassion. He is also dean of the World Journalism Institute and an elder in the Presbyterian Church in America. He was a Yale Daily News and Boston Globe reporter and has published articles in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Fortune. He taught journalism for twenty-five years at The University of Texas.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: P & R Publishing Co (Presbyterian & Reformed)
• Date d'édition: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1629958662
• ISBN 13: 9781629958668
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 120
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible