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Summary: It doesn't matter how old you are...
Review: ...because if you went to Catholic school, you can relate. I first read this book ten years ago when I was in Catholic school, and the nuns didn't take it away from me (amazing!). I laughed my a** off. For those of you who have read it and aren't Catholic, yes, we do practice for everything, yes, the nuns are that bad (but they don't have clickers anymore). This book is hilarious. Please, please get it and read it, cover to cover. You will laugh every time you read it.
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Summary: Growing up Catholic
Review: Based on the book I find that my experience was not as unique as I had thought. The book captures the essence of growing up Catholic, the acceptance without thought of the teachings of the church, the Baltimore Catechism and the church cultures were beyond belief. My children who have not been the beneficiary of a Parochial education look at me with wonder as if to say "what were you thinking". It was a grand trip down memory lane and would recommend it to anyone who was a child of the 50s and 60s going through Parochial School.
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Summary: 11th Commandment - Read This Book!
Review: I laughed all the way through this, which must be a sin! If you are a Catholic like me you will remember everything this book talks about. In fact, I had forgotten a lot of it. I'm a little surprised it did not go into Knights of Columbus Halls (a.k.a. - the Catholic bar) and Bingo (a.k.a. - Catholic gambling) a little more. But heck, they sure covered everything else. I have to go now, I have to finish crossing myself and say a few dozen hail Mary's.
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Summary: 11th Commandment - Read This Book!
Review: I laughed all the way through this, which must be a sin! If you are a Catholic like me you will remember everything this book talks about. In fact, I had forgotten a lot of it. I'm a little surprised it did not go into Knights of Columbus Halls (a.k.a. - the Catholic bar) and Bingo (a.k.a. - Catholic gambling) a little more. But heck, they sure covered everything else. I have to go now, I have to finish crossing myself and say a few dozen hail Mary's.
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Summary: The Miracle of GUC
Review: I love the Amazon.com web page for Growing Up Catholic. What I find amazing -- a miracle if you will -- is that our remeberances of growing up Catholic in the late 50s and early 60s is still in print and being bought after ten years and hundreds of thousands of copies later. It still touches people and their own experinces in a very special way. I am proud to have been a part of it.
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Summary: Hysterically funny!
Review: I read this book about 10 or so years ago and laughed my head off! I went through six years of parochial school and had aunts and uncles who were nuns and priests (some still are!) The authors are around my age. I not only loved the book, I LIVED it!
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Summary: I re-read this book whenever I need a good laugh!
Review: If you're a baby-boomer who went to Catholic school, you'll love the humor and nostalgia in Growing up Catholic. I laughed until I cried and then yearned for the good old days when all you had to do to get through the day, the week, the schoolyear was obey the rules and listen for the sound of Sister's clicker. I first read this book a few years ago - a copy that I had borrowed from my sister. This year I ordered one for myself, and this Christmas, I'm giving a copy to several friends.
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Summary: Hysterically funny!
Review: This book is for all of those that went to catholic shool in the fifties and sixties when nuns still held all the power. The authors bring you back to the days of beanies (and I'm not talking about the babies) rosaries and communion wafers. A delightly light satire of your Catholic upbringing. i wholly suggest it.
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Summary: Blaspheme!
Review: This book is for all of those that went to catholic shool in the fifties and sixties when nuns still held all the power. The authors bring you back to the days of beanies (and I'm not talking about the babies) rosaries and communion wafers. A delightly light satire of your Catholic upbringing. i wholly suggest it.
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Summary: The Funniest Book I Have Ever Read
Review: You really do have to be a Catholic to truly appreciate this wonderful book. As a Catholic schoolgirl entering her eleventh year in Catholic school (scary, isn't it?), I can fully relate to this. I honestly don't think I've ever laughed so hard in my entire life. You know what the funniest thing about this book is? Everything in it is true...from the different kinds of nuns to Father What-a-Waste (sigh); from the description of mortal and venial sins to the purchasing of pagan babies. Well, they don't sell pagan babies anymore, but they did in my mother's day. Even a staunch Catholic like my grandmother would have to crack a smile at the descriptive, colorful language and the abfab portrayal of the sometimes ridiculous traditions of the world's most scandalous, under-fire church. This book is a must-read for all Roman Catholics, practicing or no.
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