Early on, maybe 50 pages in, I thought I might not finish but something changed and I fully engaged.

All raised Catholic. So some of the book was about the author's research on his father and his father's family. My husband knows the author's family. Part faith exploration, part coming of age in an ultra religious Catholic family.

As a Jew, I was very uncomfortable with his parents conversion to Catholiscism and the sad story of their growing up. They risked their life to come to America to have the right to practice their own religion. Do what makes you happy - but stop trying to control others. They had a total of eight children, Stephen being the youngest. Then their kids just convert to another religion. This is one of the most innocently sincere memoirs I have read in a long time. . I think they owe all of that to Stephen. Its quite interesting how both of Stephen's parents became Catholics. I couldn't connect with him and I couldn't empathize with his plight. Many, perhaps most, people have some sort of religious or philosophical journey, so would be able to learn something from the Dubner's. I enjoyed reading about the author's family. After their marriage, they closed the door on Judaism so firmly that their children had no inkling that their background was far different from what it seemed: They didn't know, for instance, that their mother had a first cousin named Ethel Rosenberg, who was executed for treason in one of the most controversial cases of the cold war era.Stephen Dubner's is a story about discovery: of relatives he never knew existed, of family history he'd never learned, and of a faith he'd never thought of as his own and, in fact, knew nothing about. The journey Stephen Dubner’s parents went through is prelude to his own journey of discovering their past and his own, which he reclaimed as part of his own blossoming as an adult in full charge of his own belief system. Turbulent Souls:: A Catholic Son's Return To His Jewish Family His experience gave him a very unique perspective, and I found myself intensely flipping through the pages in order to hear what he had to say. Worth a read for the story alone, it resonated with me because I have had a similar personal spiritual journey finding my belief system anBoth intensely personal and yet full of a broader societal narrative, Turbulent Souls is a family history and story of 20th century America. It seems he believes all Catholics think the Jewish religion was wrong. An interesting memoir. Abigail introduced Stephen to a man named Ivan Kronenfeld. He was the youngest of eight children. From then on it was Stephen, his mother, and sister Beth living in a house for ten. A long section at the end is devoted to the journey towards rapprochement with his mother.For anyone who has ever felt like a fish out of water. Already devoted to Mary, the Infant of Prague, little St. Thérèse of Lisieux, and the Rosary, they joined the Charismatic Renewal movement as well. When I first heard of this book, I thought the parents were forced to convert.

She told him if he feels like that is what God wants of him, then he should do it. Stephen Dubner's family was as Catholic as they come. Once when it first came out because I was reading everything Jewish while returning to my roots. His parents were Jews, born in Brooklyn to immigrant parents, but -- independent of each other and, indeed, before they met -- each converted to Christianity, only to be shunned by their families. I can say much about the book by relating a scene that 'just wouldn't happen in real life' though of course it did for Stephen; "...made the sign of the cross then Enjoyed this book. This is a wonderful read for anyone who wants to get inside the real lives of Jewish families and their struggles with faith, family and war. Paul and Veronica started going to Charismatic meetings and practiced speaking in tongues. We’d love your help. From then on, they were pen pals until the war was over. I found myself getting mad while I read because he kept putting down Catholicism.

The only thing I did not like was he generalized Catholics too much.

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