The Senator and the Priest
A Novel
Reeks: Washington D.C.
Andrew M. Greeley
- One
- of
- America's
- most
- beloved
- storytellers,
- Father
- Andrew
- Greeley
- returns
- with
- an
- explosive
- novel
- about
- the
- corrosive
- political
- culture
- tearing
- apart
- America--and
- one
- man's
- family.Tommy
- Moran,
- an
- Irish
- Catholic
- kid
- from
- the
- West
- Side
- of
- Chicago,
- fights
- for
- the
- underprivileged
- on
- the
- floor
- of
- the
- United
- States
- Senate.
- Swearing
- off
- negative
- attack
- ads,
- Moran
- is
- determined
- to
- restore
- civility
- and
- compassion
- to
- American
- politics.
- But
- his
- opponents
- don't
- share
- his
- scruples.
- Almost
- from
- the
- beginning,
- Tommy
- and
- his
- family
- find
- themselves
- besieged
- by
- vicious
- personal
- attacks,
- false
- rumors
- .
- .
- .
- and
- attempts
- at
- assassination!As
- a
- freshman
- senator,
- Tommy
- must
- also
- cope
- with
- the
- temptations--both
- political
- and
- carnal--regularly
- thrown
- his
- way.
- The
- job
- takes
- its
- toll
- on
- him,
- but
- at
- least
- he
- has
- the
- support
- and
- love
- of
- his
- devoted
- wife,
- a
- daughter
- of
- Chicago's
- raucous
- O'Malley
- family.But
- the
- opposition
- that
- hits
- home
- the
- hardest
- comes
- from
- an
- unlikely
- source:
- his
- own
- brother.
Father
- Tony
- Moran,
- a
- conservative
- Catholic
- priest,
- has
- never
- approved
- of
- Tommy's
- senatorial
- career,
- much
- to
- Tommy's
- dismay.
- So
- when
- Father
- Tony
- sides
- with
- Tommy's
- political
- enemies,
- it
- may
- be
- more
- than
- one
- man
- can
- bear.Can
- anything
- heal
- the
- rift
- between…the
- Senator
- and
- the
- Priest?At
- the
- Publisher's
- request,
- this
- title
- is
- being
- sold
- without
- Digital
- Rights
- Management
- Software
- (DRM) applied.
