Synopses & Reviews
Paul Moore's vocation as an Episcopal priest took him--with his wife Jenny and a family that grew to nine children--from robber-baron wealth to work among the urban poor of postwar America, prominence as an activist bishop in Washington during the Johnson years, leadership in the civil rights and peace movements, and two decades as the bishop of New York. is a daughter's story of that complex, visionary man: a chronicle of her turbulent relationship with a father who struggled privately with his sexuality while she openly explored hers, and a searching account of the consequences of sexual secrets. With a depth of questioning that recalls James Carroll's , this memoir engages the reader in the great issues of American life: war, race, family, sexuality, and faith.
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"An unsparing portrait of a glamorous but elusive father and his daughter's search for the truth about his secret life."--Sylvia Nasar
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'An eloquent argument for speaking even the most difficult truths.' '"New York Times Book Review
About the Author
Honor Moore is a poet and the author of The Bishop's Daughter. She lives in New York City and teaches at the New School and Columbia University.