A SONG FOR MARY, Dennis Smith, 2000

Dennis Smith first ignited critical praise with Report From Engine Co. 82, a book drawn from his experiences as a New York City fireman. This best-seller sold over 1,000,000 copies and continues to amaze even brand-new firefighters.

Now Smith returns with a new, passionately acclaimed memoir: a boisterous, poignant, often hilarious look at growing up Irish, Catholic, and poor on the sidewalks of New York. Here, even as he dodges the slaps of merciless nuns and learns how to wallop a punching bag-he is haunted by the specter of his mysteriously absent father.

But it is Smith's mother, hardworking, no-nonsense Mary, who leads him by the hand to his Irish heritage and pulls him by the ear into adulthood.

This loving reminiscence pays homage to her…to the undying strength of family and faith…and to the indestructible bond between mothers and sons.

5 1/8" x 8", 376 pages, softcover BA1770 / $13.95

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