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Al Kresta of Ave Maria Radio’s Kresta in the Afternoon interviews Brian J. Gail in-studio. Brian and Al discuss Fatherless, contraception, and the culture of life vs. the culture of death.
The Bulletin was privileged recently to meet with former semi-pro ball player, successful New York advertising executive and, most lately, Catholic author, Brian J. Gail.
Mr. Gail’s first novel, Fatherless, published by Human Life International, has been selected as readers’ #1 choice for the Catholic Summer Reading Program sponsored by Aquinas and More booksellers, and subsequently has become a best seller.
As a compelling voice in the New Evangelization called for by Pope John Paul II, Mr. Gail has been invited by the Catholic Archdiocese of Westminster to deliver a keynote address welcoming His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI to England for its annual Theology of the Body lecture on September 14. Mr. Gail will speak on the topic “In the Service of Woman – Men are Called to Greatness”, a theme chosen to highlight the modern secular crisis in Britain and the world. (more…)
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Barbara McGuigan of Ave Maria Radio and EWTN’s The Good Fight talks with Brian J. Gail about his bestselling Catholic novel Fatherless, St. Maximilian Kolbe, the Miraculous Medal, and other relevant topics. Barbara and Brian also take phone calls from listeners.
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Patrick Coffin of EWTN’s Catholic Answers Live Radio Show interviews Brian J. Gail about fatherhood, the culture of death vs. the culture of life, the family and, of course, his smashing novel Fatherless.
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Al Kresta, of Ave Maria Radio‘s Kresta in the Afternoon interviews Brian J. Gail about his Catholic Novel Fatherless.
Former Madison Avenue advertising executive Brian J. Gail has published his first novel, Fatherless.
Already in its fourth printing, it’s the first of three planned novels the Catholic author refers to as “the American tragedy in trilogy.”
Gail recently spoke with Register senior writer Tim Drake about the book from his winter home on Jupiter Island, Fla.
Tell me about your family and growing up.
I was born and raised in Philadelphia. My father was a salesman. My mother was a full-time homemaker. I have two brothers and one sister, all younger. We are extremely close. Our mom made it clear to each of us that the faith is the pearl of great price. One brother and one sister went through divorces they didn’t want. Another lost a spouse and child at Christmas in a car accident. My wife and I lost a child, who was bipolar, to suicide. It is a testament to our mother’s fidelity to her vocation that we’re still all in the sacraments and each very much connected to the life of the Church. (more…)
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Greg and Jennifer Willits interview Brian J. Gail about the blockbusting Catholic novel Fatherless – 03-31-2010
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(The Catholic Herald) – It’s been an extraordinary publishing sensation – a novel, now in its fourth edition, selling in its thousands, with no advertising or large-scale promotion, and no major distributor. News of Brian Gail’s Fatherless has been spread by word of mouth, copies being ordered and passed on from friend to friend, or through families.
No one could say it’s great literature, or even particularly well written. But it really is a rather gripping read, not least because it has some of the staple ingredients of a good Catholic novel: confessional scenes, great moral tension, a haunting description of an early morning Mass. There is also a moving description of an encounter with Pope John Paul II.
But what gives the book its cutting edge is its essential plot – which revolves around sinister aspects of what the contraceptive pill can do, and the results that it produces in human relationships. (more…)
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Dr. Tom Curran on Sound Insight Radio – 02-19-2010
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Drew Mariani’s The Drew Mariani Show on Relevant Radio – 02-18-2010
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