Never Hug a Nun

By Kevin Killeen

Kevin Killeen's debut novel, winner of a Silver Benjamin Franklin award from the Independent Book Publishers Association, is written with a keen sense of comic timing, and is a sweet, laugh-out-loud look at the innocence of childhood in the leafy Webster Groves suburbs of 1960s Saint Louis. From falling for a girl with no-good-for-sports stick arms and beautiful penmanship to jumping freight trains, smoking cigarettes, robbing the local Ben Franklin--and, in his spare time, trying to get to heaven--Patrick Cantwell is learning all about life at Mary Queen of Our Hearts parochial school. By the time Patrick graduates second grade he's practically a grown-up, complete with a broken heart, a police record, and memories of the Beatles at Busch Stadium.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0985007109
• ISBN13: 9780985007102
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: Blank Slate Press
• Length: 198 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"