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There is nothing like a sunny day at the beach with a great book!
Iveagh Lodge Press just published a book called "Driving Straight on Crooked Lines: How an Irishman found his heart and nearly lost his mind." It is an entertaining and gripping yarn that is very pertinent to the recent scandals reported in the Catholic Church.
One reader commented "It's curiously interesting to read about the interior life of a priest, why they choose the profession, and the psychological and physical rigors they go through. The author's candor describing his anxiety about leaving the Mexican relgious order called the "Legionaries of Christ" and breaking with the now disgraced founder Fr. Marcial Maciel to transtion to married life provides the human touch desperatly needed by lay people seeking to understand the hierarchy of the Catholic Church."
Another fan of Keogh's first book says "this book reads like a clerical Jack Reacher (the fictional character created by Lee Child) - the author seems like an "ex-elite unit" sort of guy with lots of adventures under his belt." The difference, of course, is that "Driving Straight on Crooked Lines" is a true story.
Keogh's memoir is not about the Legion of Christ, the founder Fr. Maciel, or the Catholic Church - it is the story of a Dubliner who describes his experiences from growing up in Ireland, living in six different countries, finally transitioning to family life and a successful carrer as a management consltant.
Iveagh Lodge Press published "Driving Straight on Crooked Lines:how an Irishman found his heart and nearly lost his mind" on April 3, 2010. It is available on Amazon.com, Barnesandnoble.com and may be ordered everywhere fine books are sold.