{"product_id":"star-bright-a-christmas-story-paperback-1","title":"Star Bright!: A Christmas Story - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAndrew M. Greeley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's beginning to look a lot like an American Christmas: unpleasant relatives, miserable travel, a slobbering dog-and one \"harmless American of Irish origins,\" Jack Flanigan, who is reluctantly falling in love with a young Russian woman studying at Harvard. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShe's spending Christmas alone in a foreign country, so he invites the dark-eyed beauty home to Chicago for the holiday. Even though it isn't Christmas in the Russian Orthodox calendar, she accepts! \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat happens when she gets to Chicago and caught in the maelstrom of commercialized Yuletide? Enough to say, there's a tree, and a feast, and midnight Mass, and a gaggle of contentious Flanigans of all ages-who have the merriest Christmas ever-and nothing will ever be quite the same for any of them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEspecially for Jack.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePriest, sociologist, author, and journalist, \u003cb\u003eFather Andrew M. Greeley\u003c\/b\u003e (1928-2013) was the author of over 50 bestselling novels and more than 100 works of nonfiction. His novels include the Bishop Blackie Ryan series, including \u003ci\u003eThe Archbishop in Andalusia\u003c\/i\u003e; the Nuala Anne McGrail series, including \u003ci\u003eIrish Tweed\u003c\/i\u003e; the O'Malley Family Saga, including \u003ci\u003eA Midwinter's Tale\u003c\/i\u003e; and standalones such as \u003ci\u003eHome for Christmas\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Cardinal Sins\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA leading spokesperson for generations of Catholics, Father Greeley unflinchingly urged his beloved Church to become more responsive to believers' evolving concerns. He chronicled his service to the Church in two autobiographies, \u003ci\u003eConfessions of a Parish Priest\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFurthermore!\u003c\/i\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 128\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.39 x 7.04 x 5.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47267625500921,"sku":"9780765305626","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/EP_gkZdq_Z9780765305626_f6e00fae-16de-41fb-b998-ba387998cd86.webp?v=1768868312","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/star-bright-a-christmas-story-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}