September Song
A Cronicle of the O'Malley's in the Twentieth Century
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Publisher Description
The O'Malleys face their greatest challenges yet in this enthralling family saga set against the backdrop of the turbulent 1960s.
In the fourth installment of the O'Malley chronicles, the ravishing Rosemarie narrates the gripping tale of her husband, the intrepid and trouble-prone Chucky Cronin O'Malley. As the youngest Ambassador in history, Chucky is appointed by President Kennedy to represent the United States in Germany. But when his disagreements with President Johnson turn violent, Chucky resigns, only to find himself at the heart of the era's most defining moments.
From the civil rights march in Selma, Alabama, to the chaos of the Chicago Democratic Convention and the escalating Vietnam War, Chucky and his devoted wife Rosemarie raise their family while standing at the forefront of history. With cameos from Dr. Martin Luther King, JFK, and LBJ, September Song is a sweeping portrait of a couple and a country in transition.
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This fourth installment in Father Greeley's ongoing O'Malley family saga (A Midwinter's Tale; Younger Than Springtime; Christmas Wedding) focuses on the spitfire Irish Chuck O'Malley and his gorgeous wife, Rosemarie. Set against the turbulent events of the 1960s following the Kennedy assassination, the novel opens with Chuck handing in his resignation as German ambassador to President Johnson. On a first-name basis with all the major political figures of the time, Chuck strongly opposes Lyndon's position on the Vietnam War. He returns to Chicago with his wife and five children, only to be notified by Bobby (Kennedy, that is) of the historic civil rights march in Selma, Ala. With the dynamic Rosemarie by his side, he rushes to the South to march alongside Dr. Martin Luther King. The story continues summarily as the O'Malleys skip from one political hot spot to the next, making their appearances at the Chicago Democratic Convention and even in Vietnam, always with Chuck front and center and doting narrator Rosemarie singing her "little leprechaun's" praises. Sprinkled with similarly silly endearments and some chaste love-making scenes, the novel proceeds along a predictable historic course, weaving a Forrest Gump like path through the '60s. Not quite as entertaining as Gump's tale, though charged with its own innocent brio, the O'Malley saga loses steam faster than its prolific author, who will probably churn out the next installment before the reader reaches the end of this one.
