A family story from southie study guide contains a biography of michael patrick macdonald, literature essays, a complete etext, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a. Michael patrick macdonald grew up in southies old colony housing project. Michael patrick macdonald talks about his book, all souls. This 40page guide for all souls by michael patrick macdonald includes detailed chapter summaries and analysis covering 11 chapters, as well as several more indepth sections of expertwritten literary analysis. We learn that macdonalds father is actually only the father of the first six kids, all of his older siblings, and he doesnt know who his father is. Macdonald is the author of the new york times bestselling memoir, all souls. All souls summary and study guide supersummary, a modern alternative to sparknotes and cliffsnotes, offers highquality study guides for challenging works of literature. A family story from southie beacon press, september 1999, won an. These two books are frequent first year experience selections at colleges and universities throughout the u. Northeastern university honors program whirlwind tour of belfast in past few days. The charlie rose interview michael patrick macdonald youtube. The memoir examines themes of family, racism, xenophobia, police corruption, and justice, all set against the backdrop of one family s tragedy.
Thats not the only difficulty in the family, either. Michael patrick macdonald takes us on a heartbreaking tour of his south boston family. He helped to start bostons gunbuyback program, and founded the south boston vigil group, which works with survivor families and young people in bostons antiviolence movement. Michael patrick macdonald is an irishamerican activist against crime and violence and author of his memoir, all souls. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 263 pages and is available in paperback format. It examines his experiences growing up in the old colony neighborhood of south boston, also known as southie. Michael patrick macdonald about the institute schuster institute. He was the recipient of the 1999 daily points of light award, which honors those who connect americans through community service. Macdonald grew up in the old colony housing projects during the height of the cocaine epidemic in the 80s. Macdonald is the seventh child of nine, and his mother is helen, whom he calls ma. Michael patrick macdonald a breakaway bestseller since its first printing, all souls takes us deep into michael patrick macdonalds southie, the proudly insular neighborhood with the highest concentration of white poverty in. Most people down there come from places like i come from, macdonald said. The main characters of this non fiction, autobiography story are. When michael patrick macdonald walks down methadone mile he sees a familiar story among the addicts and panhandlers.