by J.F. Powers
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Powers, J. F. (James Farl), 1917–1999.
[Correspondence. Selections]
Suitable accommodations: an autobiographical story of family life: the letters of J. F. Powers, 1942–1963 / edited by Katherine A. Powers. — First edition.
pages cm
Includes index.
ISBN 978-0-374-26806-0 (hardcover)
1. Powers, J. F. (James Farl), 1917–1999—Correspondence. 2. Authors, American—20th century—Correspondence. I. Powers, Katherine A., 1947–editor of compilation. II. Title.
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*The thing I remember and remember is where that fat kid is caught eating out of the candy case. Shades of Uncle Bud!
*made to priest’s specifications, and there are bigger ones at St John’s, and there is no limit, evidently, on size; size being—hell, I don’t know—I’m just trying to fill you in on details as I understand them.
*I have just recently given birth to a Big Catholic Layman by that name—and suppose he’ll have to be renamed.16
* the Trapp family without music, or the awfulnesses we have in the Movement: ice cream and Coke and noise and children at four in the afternoon. The Baptism Party.
= Abigail considered it “immature” of us to go off to Madeline Island without our wives.
= Jackie Gleason apparently is indulging this feeling in his private life. Open house, his friends around him, plenty to eat and drink. What is it?
= Dick Keefe fell farthest, I sometimes think, away from this—whatever it is.
= I have despaired of it myself. But my standards have risen—am not so easily entertained now.
= Don H. is always ready for it. But cannot instigate anything.
= I can—but I want the real thing. Not Hynes in his county agent role.
= Fred Petters is good but compromised by his life—at least he thinks he is.
= Joe O’Connell, yes.
* Maybe I could bring myself to pay you what I owe, in that event.
* Like me.
* Which also applies to Betty.
* Betty, that is.
* Featured with Lawrence Welk.
* Malcolm Muggeridge, if not Martin Green.
* Cribbed from Fr Urban, the hero of my novel.
* Our colors were brown and white, on account of the Franciscans.
* Betty is for Ireland again.
* And sisters, including Carmelites.
