HLI America is proud to announce that Fatherless by Brian J Gail, exclusively published by Human Life International, has been chosen as the #1 choice for the Catholic Summer Reading Program sponsored by Aquinas and More. This website receives over 78,000 hits per month. The online voting has indicated that Fatherless is a runaway winner:
“There were many great selections in the running,” said Jenn Giroux, Executive Director of HLI America. “The fact that Fatherless won by such a large scale reveals not only the growing demand and popularity of the novel, but also the hunger for its message which is so desperately needed in the culture today. Looking at the winners from the past few years, it is a statement in itself that Fatherless is the reader’s choice for this Summer.”
2007 Swimming with the Scapulars by Matthew Lickona
2008 Jesus of Nazareth by Pope Benedict XVI
2009 Confessions of St. Augustine
2010 Fatherless by Brian J. Gail
This year the second place winner was No Turning Back by Fr. Donald Caloway. The third place winner was Introduction to the Devout Life by St. Francis de Sales.
Other books that were considered include:
The Gargoyle Code by Fr. Dwight Longenecker
Doers of the Word by Archbishop Timothy Dolan
Wisdom for Everyday Life from the Book of Revelations by Fr. Richard Veras
John Henry Newman: His Inner Life by Fr. Zeno Van Den Barselaar
The Mystery of Joseph by Fr. Marie-Dominique Philippe, O.P.
Cloud of Witnesses by Fr. George Rutler
Exiles by Ron Hansen
Old Errors and New Labels by Bishop Fulton Sheen
The Promise by Fr. Jonathan Morris
If you would like to order a copy of Fatherless click here.
Congratulations, Brian J Gail. And thank you for the beautiful gift of Fatherless.
The much anticipated sequel Motherless is due out this fall.
