Praying for Freckles: Growing Up Maronite in Pittsburgh's Hill District

Praying for Freckles: Growing Up Maronite in Pittsburgh's Hill DistrictIf you ever felt like you were on the outside looking in or have been asked if Maronite was the same as Mennonite, youll want to read Praying for Freckles. In this hilarious memoir, Gene Kail describes growing up in the Hill District of Pittsburgh and what it meant to be a Lebanese American coming of age in the United States in the 20th Century.

There are infidelities — and near-infidelities

—Ned Balbo

unforgettable lyrics defines not only her art but her life

which he called “formative spirituality

She lives in Kansas

as with life itself

its new shoots braiding “into a wild cascade

dare not be squandered

he emerged as a world leader in Catholic thought and pastoral practice

I cling to the bridge of his body

and Hopkins

but ordinary people