With Love and Pride: Portraits of a Pittsburgh Family - Hardcover

O'BRIEN, JIM

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1886348103 ISBN 13: 9781886348103

Publisher: JAMES P. O'BRIEN PUB., 2004

Synopsis

Pittsburgh born and bred journalist Jim O'Brien likes to write about his family, particularly the women in his family. This book is a collection of stories he has written about his mother, his mother-in-law, his wife and their daughters, their granddaughter and a beloved dog. So these are stories about Mary O'Brien, Barbara Churchman, Kathie O'Brien and daughters, Sarah and Rebecca, granddaughter Margaret, or Maggie, and a grandpuppy named Bailey. These are portraits of a Pittsburgh family, but you will find familiar themes and events in their lives that relate to your family and your own expe­riences. It's about births and deaths, triumphs and disappointments, schooldays, graduations, weddings, reunions, the challenges posed by teenagers and elderly parents. There are smiles and tears. Jim is a people watcher, and a bit of a snoop who has often been scolded by his wife and children for eavesdropping on conversations at nearby tables in restaurants. He examines every­ day situations, the simplest stuff, seeking to dis­cover how to raise children, how to keep a wife happy, how to be a good son and how to look after and, eventually, say goodbye to loved ones. These pieces, written in a weekly column for 14 years in The Almanac and The Valley Mirror, are personal observations and reflections on a common experience. Hopefully, as you read them, you might reflect as well and say, "I can relate to that."

Edition details

• Publisher: JAMES P. O'BRIEN PUB.
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1886348103
• ISBN 13: 9781886348103
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 272