![]() The book shows how Father Dowling gets pulled into their lives. They initially rebuff him but gradually come to like having him around. I'm tentatively identifying it as Kingston, though that is hardly important to the story.)įather Dowling is solicited by the two young prostitutes and, while he is initially horrified, he eventually comes to their lodging house to try to reform them. The Catholic church is somewhat in decline, and it certainly doesn't seem to be a bustling metropolis. (Interestingly, as far as I can tell, the city is not named, though it is presumably between Montreal and Detroit, since that is where the two streetwalkers originate from. The basic plot is that there is a very gung-ho priest in town. ![]() I was reading it from an outsider's perspective and was probably less troubled by the book's overall implications. Morley Callaghan's Such is My Beloved is a quick read, as least in my case, though it does ask some profound questions, at least for those of a religious bent. ![]()
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