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Jim Sano grew up in an Irish/Italian family in Massachusetts. Jim is a husband, father, life-long Catholic and has worked as a teacher, consultant, and businessman. He has degrees from Boston College and Bentley University and is currently attending Franciscan University for a Master’s degree in Catechetics and Evangelization. He has also attended certificate programs at The Theological Institute for the New Evangelization at St. John’s Seminary and the Apologetics Academy. Jim is a member of the Catholic Writer’s Guild and has enjoyed growing in his faith and now sharing it through writing novels. Jim is the winner for twenty-eight book awards and each of his first four have received the Catholic Writers Guild’s Seal of Approval Award for ...more

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The Father's Son

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Stolen Blessing

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I recently happened upon a book by Marie Brousseau titled Defending Human Dignity: Catholic Answers to Gender, Abortion, and Relativism. In an age where in-depth debate on serious topics of life and dignity is rarely allowed a forum for expression, h ...more
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I've been looking forward to reading Eye Has Not Seen for some time, and I wasn't disappointed when I could finally sit back and get lost in this wonderfully written story. I love the characters and how seamlessly Elizabeth weaves in the themes of sa ...more
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Highly engaging thriller: I first encountered Devin Rose when I read his insightful journey to the Catholic faith in “The Protestant's Dilemma.” I was intrigued when he decided to write a Catholic novel. It didn’t take but a few pages to get drawn in ...more
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Beautifully told stories of life

I’ve now read several of A.K. Frailey’s stories, and I am always drawn in by her remarkable talent for writing, her varied and intriguing characters, and especially her stories of human life that make me think, ponder
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Many teachings of the Church are not fully understood by those outside or inside the Church itself. The origin and history of indulgences is certainly one of the topics that invokes negative reaction due much misinformation and a lack of historical a ...more
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"I read this book with my youngest son who is twelve. From the initial pages, he connected with Will, the young protagonist of the book. He was hooked with each adventurous situation that Will and his friends found themselves in, and his response upon" Read more of this review »
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"This is the seventh story I have read by Jim Sano that I have read, and it is his first written for a younger audience, it is a Middle Grade or Young Adult story. It is perfect for younger readers, tweens, and younger teens. At the moment it is a sta" Read more of this review »
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“I loved you and reverenced you, for teachers are the noblest of men and labor for little and only from the fullness of their unselfish souls. In your name, and in my memory of you, I will do the best I can, and remember you always.”
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