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By Jenny McCarthy

ISBN-10: 1401324657

ISBN-13: 9781401324650

The actress and comic recounts her Catholic upbringing and her trip from aspiring nun at an all-girls institution to bestselling writer and speak exhibit host, and gives her own reflections on faith.

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Let’s stop. It’s not even answering the questions correctly,” I pleaded. ” asked Erin. Swish, swish. I shit you not that the arrow went to the letter B. That’s all I needed to see. I grabbed the board, ran out into the middle of the street, and threw the game as far as I could. I had never told my friends the Ben/Satan story, and I was thoroughly convinced that demons were still chasing me. I called my mom to pick me up and I went home. There was also the time in college when a guy named Charles and I went to his place.

I continued. “Okay, but what if you commit a sin and then run to church, but they’re closed and then you die? ” I could tell Sister Grace Downey hated me. The questions I asked were logical, but not necessarily in the Church’s guidebook. “If you go to confession at least once a week, I’m sure God will take that into consideration. ” I didn’t like her response and made her aware of it. “It doesn’t sound like you’re sure about that. It sounds like you’re guessing. This is a big deal, not something you should be guessing.

Sometimes my dad’s friend George would join us for movie nights. Well, he would more like interrupt our movie nights, if you were to ask my mom. I think my dad must have organized it that way to get out of watching Jesus movies. George would show up with beer and snacks and plant himself on the couch to start his usual offensive commentary. Mom would eventually shoot my dad a stern look, and then Dad would haul him into the kitchen like a performer being caned off the stage. Dad didn’t seem to mind this routine.

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