Author Jay Sullivan

Jay Sullivan, author of Raising Gentle Men: Lives at the Orphanage Edge, will conduct a book talk and signing at the Library.  Copies of the book will be available for purchase. 

Join Jay for a journey to 1980s Jamaica.  As a recent college graduate, the author found himself not only teaching English in a Jesuit high school in Kingston, but living at a nearby orphanage, helping three elderly nuns care for 250 abandoned, abused, and delinquent Jamaican boys.  Hear how the nuns used their faith, dedication and endless good humor in their quest to raise gentle men.  The journeys of the boys, the nuns, and the band of college students may seem familiar, as the author draws parallels to every person's quest for identity, search for a meaningful role to play in life, and need to reach out to others for support and guidance along the way.  Jay will show how we all spend our lives not far from the orphanage edge.