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    Out of the Bag: A Search for Missing Pieces
    Out of the Bag: A Search for Missing Pieces
    Out of the Bag: A Search for Missing Pieces
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    Out of the Bag: A Search for Missing Pieces

    By Greg McAllister

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    Out of the Bag is a 70,000 word memoir about entering the secreted, all-boys world of a Catholic seminary back when the country was on the brink of radical change and revolution. The story starts when the author is 16 and progresses amidst Vietnam protests, race riots, and the sexual revolution. It chronicles him crossing his fingers during the oath of celibacy, quitting the seminary, getting his girlfriend pregnant, living down the street from the Grateful Dead in the Haight Ashbury, hanging out with the Black Panthers, and finally waking up naked and sore in a padded cell, accused of assaulting a police officer and attempted murder. The memoir is about how God answered a naïve seminarian’s wish to experience the bottom, and how pain and disillusionment ultimately led him to redemption and freedom. It reveals the long, bumpy road that men must travel to rediscover the sacred feminine. And the value of that destination

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGreg McAllister
    Release dateJan 16, 2012
    ISBN9781466099869
    Out of the Bag: A Search for Missing Pieces
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    Greg McAllister

    Greg McAllister is a former seminarian, playground director, college instructor, truck driver, bartender, radio announcer, restaurant manager, career advisor, newsletter editor, filmmaker, and education benefits manager. After receiving his BA in Philosophy, he studied Theology for three years, then earned an M.A. in Creative Arts Interdisciplinary Studies from San Francisco State University and an MSW from Colorado State University. He has lived and worked in Northern California, Colorado, Oregon, Washington D.C., New York, Connecticut, and Vermont. He currently lives with his wife, Linda, in Vermont where he writes and works as a hospice volunteer. He has two grown children, and enjoys traveling by bicycle, motorcycle and kayak. In 2003 he published his first book, Confessions of a Serial Celibate.

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