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. The Bishop's Daughteris 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 An American Requiem, this memoir engages the reader in the great issues of American life: war, race, family, sexuality, and faith.
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"Paul Moore and his daughter have been set free by this book. There is no shame left, and neither is there blame." Los Angeles Times Book Review
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"A probing autobiography and forthright reflection on a man who, for all his flaws, inspired his daughter to understand him." Newsday
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Prose as emotionally resonant as a confession.
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"Prose as emotionally resonant as a confession." O, The Oprah Magazine
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Paul Moore's vocation as an Episcopal priest took him-- with his wife, Jenny, and their family of nine children--from robber-baron wealth to work among the urban poor, leadership in the civil rights and peace movements, and two decades as the bishop of New York. is his 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.
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"An eloquent argument for speaking even the most difficult truths." --
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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
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.