{"product_id":"in-due-season-isbn-9780470423332","title":"In Due Season","description":"\u003cp\u003ePaul Wilkes has been a writer\/journalist, a TV producer, a monastic, a hedonist, a friend of the famous, a family man, and ultimately a true prodigal son. With \u003ci\u003eIn Due Season\u003c\/i\u003e, Wilkes, one of America's most respected writers on religious belief and spirituality, details his search for God--from his working class upbringing in Cleveland to giving up everything he owned and living with the poor to his hedonistic life among the rich and famous. Wilkes's inspiring life story is one of abysmal failure and ultimate triumph, of a faith in God, battered and tried in the crucible of his experience.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAuthor’s Note ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormation\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. The Seventh Child 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. A Vision 15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. High School: The Man in the Ten-Way Suit 19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Coming Home, Leaving Home 25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. College: Red Arrow Park 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. At Sea 44\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. One Hot Day and Night 53\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaking It\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. A Young Reporter 59\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. The Big Time, More or Less 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Home, Again 77\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. On the Streets 81\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUnmaking It\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. CHIPS Days 93\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. Present 100\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14. The Pilgrimage 104\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15. Not Present 109\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16. The Sofa 118\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17. 80 Winthrop 122\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18. The Scent of a Woman 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAs Good as It Gets?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19. On the Playing Fields of the Hamptons 145\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20. The Perfect Girl for You 155\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21. Tracy 165\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGetting Bearings\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22. The Hermit 177\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23. Almost 183\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24. A Place to Park 193\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25. Father Greer 202\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLife, Lived\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26. The Writing Life 217\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27. A Monk, at Last 233\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28. Why? Why Not? 241\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eReturning\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29. Kolinovce 253\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30. Worthy or Not 263\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31. Return to St. Peter’s 272\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32. A Light in the Window 280\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments 285\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Author 287\u003c\/p\u003e  STARRED REVIEW  \u003cp\u003eIn an exquisite memoir that often reads like a novel, writer Wilkes (\u003ci\u003eIn Mysterious Ways: The Death and Life of a Parish Priest\u003c\/i\u003e) recounts and reflects upon his life as a Catholic. Although his journey includes a decade as a Protestant and ongoing discomfort with certain aspects of Catholicism, Wilkes deftly mines its imagery and its figures, particularly the Trappist monk Thomas Merton, a major and recurring influence. As Wilkes meanders through a life that begins in a working-class Cleveland neighborhood, he candidly relates his passages of sin and saintliness, including a conversion-in-reverse when he gains fame as a writer and an interlude following the end of his first marriage in which he lives among the poor, caring for society's castoffs. Readers will experience his confusion, the \"decaying smell of [his] dying soul\" and his triumphs as they wonder if the \"it\" he seeks will find him and whether he will marry again or become a monk. This is fine, engrossing reading for all who appreciate the struggle inherent in the spiritual quest. (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, January 2009)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Paul Wilkes has written the first 21st-century Christian classic. His \u003ci\u003eIn Due Season: A Catholic Life\u003c\/i\u003e will rank alongside, not run second to, Thomas Merton's \u003ci\u003eThe Seven Storey Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e. It is its companion volume. ? The bridge between ideals that Wilkes builds with this book carries the American Catholic story from the ghetto, through war, through Vatican II, through the hedonistic 1970s, through a changing church, through the ravages of affluence and easy money, to the questioning of today. ? \u003ci\u003eIn Due Season\u003c\/i\u003e ranks alongside Merton's best because Wilkes absorbed Merton, then moved forward with him, and ultimately beyond him.\"\u003cbr\u003e --National Catholic Reporter, reviewed by Arthur Jones, published March 6, 2009.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Paul Wilkes has written an honest and revealing memoir in which nothing is held back....\u003ci\u003eIn Due Season\u003c\/i\u003e excels on many levels. Wilkes is a felicitous writer who can be read for the simple pleasure of connecting with a prose artist.\"\u003cbr\u003e --\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e (June 2009)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003ePaul Wilkes\u003c\/b\u003e is an American writer, speaker, and filmmaker who is best known for his focus on religion, especially Roman Catholicism and its monastic tradition. Wilkes has written for the New Yorker, New York Times Magazine, and Atlantic Monthly. His book, \u003ci\u003eIn Mysterious Ways: The Death and Life of a Parish Priest\u003c\/i\u003e, won a Christopher Award. In addition to Merton, his PBS documentary, Paul was host and writer of the acclaimed television series Six American Families, which won a duPont-Columbia award for documentary excellence. \u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eIn Due Season\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Paul Wilkes's memoir is a love story—and also a story of a struggle with the lover, in his case, God. The son of an immigrant, Wilkes felt that he was called to a priestly vocation, indeed a Trappist vocation. God sent him many signals that this was not his calling. So Paul had to settle for what he thought to be a second-best vocation—a very successful writer. God heaved a sigh of relief. Paul had finally 'got it.' He has written a memoir of the century.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eAndrew Greeley\u003c\/b\u003e, author, \u003ci\u003eThe Catholic Imagination\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Paul Wilkes is that rarest of people—a deeply spiritual man who is also an absolutely exquisite writer. His absorbing new memoir reveals the wonderful things that can happen when you allow God to lead you along life's often bumpy path—whether or not you know where the journey will lead. This is a beautifully written, frequently haunting, and always fascinating story of seeking and finding, serving and loving, and—ultimately—dying and rising. Highly recommended.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eJames Martin\u003c\/b\u003e, SJ, author, \u003ci\u003eMy Life with the Saints\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Paul Wilkes's biography takes us through Paul's life, but through the stages of our own lives as well. As a result, at the end of it we can see how we, too, have become more than we ever thought we could be. Wilkes is a great writer–he has a refreshing style, a direct voice, and a stark and unfurbished honesty, even about himself. \u003ci\u003eIn Due Season\u003c\/i\u003e has all the marks of Augustine's Confessions or Merton's Seven Storey Mountain. It gives the rest of us, whatever we've done, wherever we've been, hope. It helps us see the forest of our lives despite the trees.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRead this book. It can put the seasons of your own life into better, broader perspective.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eJoan Chittister\u003c\/b\u003e, author, \u003ci\u003eCalled to Question: A Spiritual Memoir\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePaul Wilkes' \u003ci\u003eIn Due Season\u003c\/i\u003e takes the reader on a moving journey through an extraordinary era's thickets of American Catholic life and belief—opening at last into wisdom, affirmation, and hope.\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eJames Carroll\u003c\/b\u003e, author, \u003ci\u003ePracticing Catholic\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAn American Requiem\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the National Book Award\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jossey-Bass","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989410136293,"sku":"NP9780470423332","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780470423332.jpg?v=1761783995","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/in-due-season-isbn-9780470423332","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}