A Christmas Wedding (Family Saga) | 
 enlarge | Author: Andrew M. Greeley
Publisher: Forge Books
Category: Book
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Rating:  10 reviews
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Pages: 512
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 6.6 x 4.2 x 1.6
ISBN: 081256667X
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780812566673
Publication Date: November 19, 2001
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Condition: Spine is creased and rounded from reading. Slight shelf wear. Crease on lower left corner of back cover.
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"Happy families are all alike," said Tolstoy, and the O'Malley's are one of the happiest, if slightly crazy, families in current fiction. A Christmas Wedding continues the saga of Chucky, the youngest son who wants to live the quiet life of an accountant and raise a nice Catholic family. Fate, of course, has other plans for Chucky, in the person of the beautiful Rosemarie, his off-again on-again nemesis from the time he saved her life when he was a young man.
Thrown out of Notre Dame on trumped up charges, Chucky ends up going to the University of Chicago. The only problem: his lifelong enemy Rosemarie is a fellow student. They decide to be "just friends," and while they battle with each other, "just friends" turns into something neither of them expected.
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 Love after the Wedding day August 16, 2008
W. Easley (Colorado)
A Christmas Wedding Andrew Greeley
In a Greeley story, usually the romantic part of a novel is mostly about the chase, once married, the couple, while not carefree, lives happily. For example, in a typical Nuala Anne McGrail story the Coynes have problems but they work on them together. In Christmas Wedding the focus is much more on the difficulties of marriage, the strife between man and woman, and the progress toward a more serene and loving partnership.
All of their friends and family accepted that Charles (Chucky) O'Malley and Rosemarie Clancy would fall in love and marry. Most people saw this when Chucky was but a puerile boy. Somehow these two seemed made for each other. Eventually they married while students at the University of Chicago.
The struggles the O'Malleys face are serious. They struggle, among themselves and their loved ones, with: abuse of alcohol, rules of the Catholic Church, child abuse, and threats of scandal. At the same time they grapple with deciding upon a career and beginning to raise a family. The narrative of Charles and Rosemarie's life reveals a marriage that is often archetypal, but always interesting. The manner of Chuck's stumbling ways leads to some humorous situations.
This is a fine story of family life. The O'Malleys, although called the "crazy O'Malleys by those who know them, are an open, accepting, and fun family. They are "crazy" because they are often able to set aside their inhibitions, reach out to other people, and entertain those they encounter.
I recommend this novel because of its open view of family life. I like Greeley's ability to portray marriage and family life as a beautiful state in life. Greeley sees marriage as truly Christian and sacramental.
This book explained a lot! March 14, 2007
Jeannie Johnson
I had read all the other books in the Chuck and Rosemarie series, but not this one. It made several things clear that had been puzzling me in the saga. It is a typical Greeley book, and if you like his style, you'll like this book.
 Christmas Wedding June 28, 2004
Hannah Kelly (Evansville, IN)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Second Springtime was my first initian into Greeley's novels and the Saga of Chucky O'Malley. Thus, I was inticed to return to the beginning of the Saga with Younger Than Springtime. I couldn't wait to read Christmas Wedding to find out what happened between Chucky and Rosemarie. I personally think it is the best of the the Saga as it highlights the magnaminous character of the hero Chucky in taking on Rosemarie for his wife, an enormous risk with explosive reactions. I think this book of Greeley's illustrates the true committment in a loving relationship for "better or for worse" in the truest sense of the vows. Once a couple really live this commitment they can then enjoy the fruits of a true lasting love that Greeley follows up in September Song. A definite read for those involved in a lasting relationship!
 Not up to Father Greeley's usual standards April 14, 2002
Moe811 (New York USA)
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
Admittedly, the Chucky O'Malley series is not one of my favorites. I found the others to be more entertaining than this one. This novel basically recycles alot of the previous data with precious little new story. Enjoyable, but not the best.
 Really Bad December 4, 2001
2 out of 6 found this review helpful
I think that this is the most poorly written book that I have ever read. A mixture of Chatechism, (romantic) handbook, and U.S. history with some Forest Gump thrown in. I kept trying to figure out how a kid could graduate from High School, serve time in the Army at the end of WW2 and get a college degree by the time he was 22. It took him a couple of more years to win a Pullitzer. If you like REALLY light reading you MAY enjoy this.
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