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Nuns Having Fun

by Maureen Kelly

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Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

Hallelujah, it's a book! After proving itself to be the andquot;funniest calendar of the yearandquot; (according to Gene Shalit), andquot;irresistibleandquot; (USA Weekend), and andquot;habit-formingandquot; (Maxim magazine), the Nuns Having Fun calendar has inspired Nuns Having Fun, a book of endearing nuttiness.

Catholic kitsch doesn't get any funnier. Written by Maureen Kelly and Jeffrey Stone, pitch-perfect co-authors of the nuns calendar and the New York Timesbestseller Growing Up Catholic, Nuns Having Funfeatures hundreds of sisters in full habit, cutting loose and having a hoot. Here are nuns in the surf (andquot;This is even more fun than walking on waterandquot;), nuns in bumper cars (andquot;We brake for Jesusandquot;), nuns in a beer hall (andquot;Ale Marysandquot;), and nuns in the museum, huddled in front of a study of nudes (andquot;It's okay to open your eyes. Sister Wendy says it's artandquot;). There are nuns on skates, at bat, at the theater, skeet shooting (nuns with guns!), even hitting the slots (you know it's for a good cause). The 125 images are from the 1950s and '60s, black-and-white and possessing a pure retro charm; the written material is all-new. Drawing on their years as parochial school students, the authors explore the lore and legends surrounding nuns, including Favorite Punishments from Nuns, Nuns Say the Darndest Things, How to Recognize a Nun After Vatican II, a Wimple Watch, and List of People Who Could Have Been Nuns.

As Sister says, andquot;To err is human. To laugh is divine.andquot;

Synopsis:

Catholic kitsch doesn't get any funnier than this. Written by the pitch-perfect co-authors of the "Nuns Having Fun" calendar and the "New York Times" bestseller "Growing Up Catholic," this book features hundreds of sisters in full habit, cutting loose and having a hoot.

Synopsis:

Welcome to the lighter side of convent life. To days of ice-cream cones, kung fu and snowball fights, to nights spent hunched over slot machines (itandrsquo;s for charity!), or playing folk guitar. Culled from the black-and-white 1950s and andlsquo;60s, here are hundreds of nuns caught in the act of letting their wimples down. Includes: Sister Sudoku, habits and habitats, favorite classroom punishments, take my order please, and more.

About the Author

Maureen Kelly and Jeffrey Stone are the authors of Growing Up Catholic, the New York Timesbestseller with over a million copies in print. They also write the bestselling Nuns Having Fun calendar. They are, collectively, the product of 24 years of parochial school. Ms. Kelly lives in Pittsburgh.Jeffrey Stone and Maureen Kelly are the authors of Growing Up Catholic, the New York Timesbestseller with over a million copies in print. They also write the bestselling Nuns Having Fun calendar. They are, collectively, the product of 24 years of parochial school. Mr. Stone in New York City.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780761150411
Author:
Kelly, Maureen
Publisher:
Workman Publishing
Author:
Stone, Jeffrey
Subject:
Nuns
Subject:
General
Subject:
Humor
Subject:
Institutions & Organizations
Edition Description:
Paperback
Publication Date:
May 2008
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
250
Dimensions:
6.0 x 4.0 in

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