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Patience of a Saint

by Andrew M. Greeley · 1987

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Bestselling author Andrew Greeley writes a powerful and wonderfully funny novel about an irascible Chicago newspaperman who, after a brush with death, rediscovers human decency, his faith and his wife.

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mysterymysteryMore like thisLess of thisromanceromanceMore like thisLess of this
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1980s1980sMore like thisLess of thisChicagoChicagoMore like thisLess of thisIllinoisIllinoisMore like thisLess of this
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adult

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