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This heart-warming novella, set in the Pittsburgh area and starting in the 1950's, follows the lives five friends, starting from their high school days, tuned to athletic heroism. It shows the arc of their lives, as they make critical decisions about marriage and career that determine their happiness. Interestingly, the story is told from the point of view of each of the friends, their tales interweaving to make a whole. Importantly, they wrestle with moral issues and how to make a difference in the world. In the end, a surprising project emerges and hope that "Such a day will last forever."

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This heart-warming novella, set in the Pittsburgh area and starting in the 1950's, follows the lives five friends, starting from their high school days, tuned to athletic heroism. It shows the arc of their lives, as they make critical decisions about marriage and career that determine their happiness. Interestingly, the story is told from the point of view of each of the friends, their tales interweaving to make a whole. Importantly, they wrestle with moral issues and how to make a difference in the world. In the end, a surprising project emerges and hope that "Such a day will last forever."
Autorenporträt
Richard P. Mullin earned his PhD, in philosophy and taught philosophy at St. Bernard College in Cullman, Alabama for seven years and at Wheeling Jesuit University for thirty years. He also taught Business Ethics in the MBA program at Wheeling Jesuit. He has lectured in American philosophy in Slovenia and Slovakia and frequently read papers at the meetings of the Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy. In The Soul of Classical American Philosophy: The Ethical and Spiritual Insights of William James, Josiah Royce, and Charles Sanders Pierce (SUNY Press2007), he portrays the governing ideas of the founders of American Pragmatism. Previous books from AllrOneofUs Publishing: Ethics and the Full-Breasted Richness of Life: A Roycean Approach to Nourishing the Good, and The Neglected Doctrine of the Holy Spirit: Josiah Royce's Christian Doctrine of Life as a Guide to Renewing Theology.