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My Cousin the Saint: A Search for Faith, Family and Miracles By: Justin Catanoso
Non-Fiction: religion, biography, memoir 332 pages 2008
First, the author’s cousin is not a saint. His grandfather’s cousin is, making him his third cousin; however, when he said he was a saint he meant an official canonized saint. And as it was his grandfather who moved to America’s cousin he knew nothing about his saintly cousin until after he died and was in the process of becoming officially declared a saint. Because of this the book has a lot of good information on how one gets to be officially a saint. (Other religious information is not so good. See next sentence.) It is also the story of a man with no real faith or knowledge of where his family came from dealing with finding out that he has a saint for a relative along with a large number of very loving and friendly living Italians. It includes lots of information on the life and miracles (official and non) of St. Padre Gaetano Catanoso. It is also the story of the authors wrestling with the idea of faith as he goes threw highs and lows in his life. (Note for people looking for a touching conversion story: this book is not it. By the end of the book he isn’t necessary even Christian, he is still looking for his answers to his question on faith.)
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To learn more about the book and author, with more detail and fewer typos: www.justincatanoso.com
Yah, I’m sorry about any typos, run-on sentences and fragments in postings. As anyone who reads this blog often can guess, most of my writing is done either in the middle of the night or while holding a baby and playing with the little one.
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