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出版社周刊评论
``Frank and Maisie were . . . kings of the Catholic world from John O'Groats to Borneo . . . certainly in America they loomed enormous,'' writes their son in this arresting re-creation of what it was like to grow up with parents who were, among other things, founders of the ``Tiffany of Catholic publishing,'' Sheed and Ward. Novelist and essayist Wilfrid Sheed describes his childhood in the Catholic literary establishment; we are treated to intimate, candid glimpses of the greats, for example, Ronald Knox, G. K. Chesterton and other classic apologists for the faith who were familiars in the peripatetic Sheeds' households. The marriage of Maisie, of the distinguished English Wards, and Frank, a galvanic Australian, produced not only children and a publishing house but stamped a Catholic intellectual formation that still bears fruit. Sheed's graceful, acerbic tribute to his unique parents is a rueful, loving appreciation of a father who remains ``my editor, even in death'' and of a mother who made ``other people's conventional twentieth-century mothers seem awfully dull by comparison.'' Brimming with anecdotes, songs, hilarity and sadness, the memoir has resonance. BOMC alternate. Foreign rights: ICM/Lynn Nesbit. October 29 (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
Kirkus评论
A book about two extraordinary parents written in a shrewd, but loving fashion by a fine writer. Those familiar with Sheed's work will not be surprised at this lively and touching saga of two dedicated propagandists for Catholicism whose lives were deeply affected by the Cardinal Newmans, the Monsignor Knoxes, the Bellocs and Chestertons and the philosophical turmoil of the pre-Pope John Church. They lived out of suitcases, lectured widely and argued the faith in Hyde Park, handling hecklers, friends and family with remarkable grace and wit. When Frank and Maisie had an odd moment, they were involved in many social issues, got to know everyone, went everywhere while maintaining a warm and rambunctious family life. As if that were not enough, they founded the doughty Sheed and Ward publishing company, which was perhaps one of the most important and creative elements in designing the style of the modern Catholic church in the English-speaking world. It is always difficult to write intelligently and with clarity about one's parents, but Sheed has done that with a lightness and joy that is dazzling. The reader will feel sad not to have known Frank and Maisie, but this loving lite goes a long way in assuaging that loss. It is not a story for Catholics alone because there is an epic quality in this deceptively modest story that covers many of the crises through which our poor world had tottered, using faith and love as a salutary touchstone. The parents in this book are very much in love, their energy and joie de vivre tab them as ""fools of God,"" a term of admiration as employed here. How refreshing to be in the presence of such devoted and charming human beings and how humbling to know that in the midst of boobism, babbitism, superficiality and violence, there were people like Frank and Maisie, lovers and fools. Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
《图书馆杂志》(Library Journal )书评
Sheed and Ward was the premier Catholic publisher in England and America during the middle decades of this century. Frances (Frank) Sheed and Mary (Maisie) Ward were Sheed and Ward; this unclassifiable bookpart biography, part autobiography, part celebrationis their story. Wilfrid Sheed, novelist and son of Frank and Maisie, grew up among brilliant, charismatic, and often eccentric Catholicshis parents, G.K. Chesterton (his godfather), Hilaire Belloc, Dorothy Day, Robert Lowelland he skillfully captures the flavor and excitement of a social and intellectual world that no longer exists. Whether read as a study of the Catholic revival, as an account of growing up Catholic in England and America, or as the story of a unique couple whose zestful love of life, religion, and each other made a mark on the world, this is a wonderful book. BOMC alternate selection. D. Stephen Rockwood, Mount Saint Mary's Coll., Emmitsburg, Md. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.