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Bless me Father for I have sinned, Kathy Buchen

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Bless me Father for I have sinned

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Kathy Buchen

"Four small town girls are about to have the time of their lives. This is a bildungsroman about the interwoven lives of four childhood friends, from their Catholic girlhood in the sixties until today. The colored ribbons they tie on an old oak tree as a childhood ritual bind their lives together. Bonded by adversity through good times and bad, these four women give us a panoramic overview of the last half century and beyond. A sweeping coming of age story of psychological and moral growth, friendship, tragedy, endurance, and triumph, with a generous serving of feminine wit and wisdom, and a not so affectionate sendup of patriarchal institutions. As Stephanie, the leader of the Daisy Girls says, "In this blend of joy, love, hate, tragedy, pain, sorrow, happiness, and triumph that is this beleaguered old world, we Daisy Girls are so lucky to have each other." An evocative look at a time that is lost forever. It makes a great read before the fireplace with a bottle of wine and a box of Kleenex."--Back cover