Patience of A Saint Author:Andrew M. Greeley This is the story of Red Kane, a man cousht in a dilemma of love. After twenty years of marriage plagued by misunderstanding and bitter resignation, Red finds himself falling in love with his wife all over again-- and at the same time, pursued by an implacable, attractive God. — Redmond P. Kane, a popular Chicago newspaper columnist and Pulitzer ... more »prize winner, smokes and drinks too much, neglects his kids, enjoys a mistress, is feared and hated by his colleagues, and has shared nothing but a bed with his wife for much too long. At fifty-three, Red is an unhappy, disgruntled cynic. But soon, all that changes. On a Chicago street corner a speeding car almost runs him down, and a moment of divine grace--one in which God and Red's green-eyed wife are somehow identified with each other--almost knocks him unconscious. And then Red's real troubles begin...« less