Night Jasmine

This memoir returns to the 1950s and to a childhood spent in a large Irish Catholic family in a small American town. The narrator recalls his early schooling at a military academy and then at a parish school run by strict nuns, along with the Catholic rituals that shaped daily life. Told with humour, the stories follow his scrapes and schemes, from his time as an altar boy to his first business ventures. Along the way he paints a picture of a more tranquil era, seen through a mischievous child's eyes.