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Father Joe: The Man Who Saved My Soul Hardcover – 1 May 2004

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The popular humorist and author of Brotherhood chronicles his forty-year friendship with a Benedictine monk, the unconventional, wise, and compassionate Father Joe, from the first encounter between troubled teen and counselor, through years of perfunctory contact, to the renewal of their relationship at the end of Father Joe's life. 17,500 first printing.

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271 pages
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English
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Random House Inc
Publication date

1 May 2004
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15.98 x 2.49 x 24.18 cm
ISBN-10

1400061849
ISBN-13

978-1400061846
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About the Author

TONY HENDRA attended Cambridge University, where he performed frequently with friends and future Monty Pythons John Cleese and Graham Chapman. He is the author of Going Too Far, a classic history of modern American satire. He was editor in chief of Spy magazine, an original editor of the National Lampoon, and he played Ian Faith in the movie, This Is Spinal Tap. He has written frequently for New York, Harpers, GQ, Vanity Fair, Mens Journal, and Esquire, among other magazines. He is married to Carla Hendra; they have three young children, Lucy, Sebastian, and Nicholas.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Random House Inc (1 May 2004)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 271 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1400061849
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1400061846
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 15.98 x 2.49 x 24.18 cm

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Mr. Peter J. Regelous

Father Joe: The Man Who Saved My Soul

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 6 February 2005

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This book in many ways articulates my own spiritual journey over the last 30 odd years and consequently I lived and breathed the pages where the author often spoke and met with Father Joe at Quarr Abbey. I, too, knew Father Joe from 1970 onwards though not as well as he - however, the reader doesn't have to have known Father Joe not to be moved by the sheer beauty and intensity of Tony Hendra's writing style. I'm not often emotionally moved these days, but this book certainly did it for me. Surely this publication will go down as a spiritual classic of the future. There is much we can learn about ourselves by reading it. Father Joe was probably the holiest man I am ever likely to met and Tony Hendra succeeds in his endeavours to convey that to the reader. This is one book I will read and read again.

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Technoquest

An engaging, honest and uplifting story

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 18 July 2015

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This is a wonderfully rewarding book to read. It's an autobiographical account of the author's striving to balance his will and his faith, punctuated by conversations with Father Joe, a Benedictine monk at Quarr Abbey. The descriptions of Hendra's visits to Quarr Abbey give great insights into the monastic tradition.

The story-telling is outstanding and the narrative is enlightening on many levels – a rich source for reflection and contemplation. 'Emotional rollercoaster' is a cliche, however, it's an accurate description for how the author lays bare his own emotions as he grapples with his life choices, frequently screwing up. Like all good stories, the closing chapters draw together the main threads and whilst there is sadness there is also joy and closure. Highly recommended.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 7 July 2017

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There may one day be a book about Fr Joe, perhaps there should be, but this is not it. This is a book about Tony Hendra and what a bore it is. Unrelenting self promotion for which American religious politics can only be partly to blame (one has to question the hyperbolic reviews here).

Hendra's self absorption is draining, yes he is so very clever and his children are so beautiful and very wondrous, yawn....it was difficult to finish although not as galling as his own talking version which could clear a busy pub in minutes (and that's before any child protection issues surface).

He probably wasn't quite the comedy hero he and his publisher claim; he may have once written a few good one-liners, we'll have to take his oft repeated word for that. One-liners might be stretched to a paragraph, possibly to a page. They don't make a decent book, the evidence of which is that this narcissistic writer's soul may still be some way short of the salvation conceitedly claimed in its title. Doesn't he remind us (repeatedly) that Pride is the greatest sin? This book is that reminder and here it may be said to serve some narrow purpose - it is otherwise irredeemable.

What a sorry waste of £0.01p. Putting the iPod through a low temperature wash cycle might seem like an overkill, but it worked in a way that might even restore faith in a God of small things. Now cleansed of Hendra's ramblings, the iPod can now be put to more worthwhile uses.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 12 January 2022

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I defy anyone to read the last twenty or so pages of this book and not cry.

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Maria

Hendra is not a particularly good writer, but his story is a great one ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 31 December 2014

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The problem with this book is the grief the reader feels at not having known the divine Father Joe. And then intense frustration at the author for not having moved heaven and earth to spend more time with him. Hendra is not a particularly good writer, but his story is a great one and the episodes featuring Father Joe are deeply moving (elsewhere his prose withers or become so densely knotted as to be unreadable, but that serves well the narrative of how unclear life became when he was away from the monastery: basically, it all coheres).

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Mr. William Eaton

Father Joe

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 20 August 2011

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Bought this book on a whim, because of the title, but the final chapters are full of emotion. So much so that I reread the book with a deeper interest in the man whose name forms the title. An excellent book and one that I feel privileged to have read
Signed William Eaton

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Ivy’s40

This is one of my favourite books, a wonderful story all the better because ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 24 May 2015

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This is one of my favourite books, a wonderful story all the better because it is true. It is made even more poignant as I have connections with The Isle of Wight and have visited Father Joe's grave. Father Joe comes across as a very wise but humble being who benefited many. It is a feel good book that restores one's faith in humanity. Highly recommended.

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Mr. Joseph G. Harland

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 28 July 2017

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An inspiration to anyone doubting life - religious or not. I defy anyone not to identify with some part of this book

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