TY - SER
KW - Roman Catholics
KW - Italian Americans
KW - teenagers
KW - Pittsburgh Pirates
KW - nuns
KW - priests
AU - Joseph Bathanti
AB - Bobby Renzo, raised by a single, unwed mother in East Liberty, is the object of nuns’ pity.  Yet Bobby’s home life is stable; he dreams of becoming a priest.  The coming-of-age plot puts Bobby to the test when peer pressure and sexual awareness set in.
C1 - 1950s-60s
C3 - Allegheny County; Allegheny River; Pittsburgh; East Liberty; Peabody High School; Highland Park; Oakland; Forbes Field; Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh; Schenley Park; Downtown; Mt. Washington; W. Mifflin; Kennywood Park
C4 - Literary; Young Adult; Coming-of-Age; Bildungsroman
CY - Simpsonville, SC
LA - English
M3 - Novel
N2 - Bobby Renzo, raised by a single, unwed mother in East Liberty, is the object of nuns’ pity.  Yet Bobby’s home life is stable; he dreams of becoming a priest.  The coming-of-age plot puts Bobby to the test when peer pressure and sexual awareness set in.
PB - Bank Channel Books
PP - Simpsonville, SC
PY - 2001
RN - Joseph Bathanti (1953 — ), a poet and novelist, was born and raised in Pittsburgh. He studied at Pittsburgh Central Catholic High School, California University of Pennsylvania, the University of Pittsburgh, and he earned a MFA at Warren Wilson College. In 2012 he was named the seventh poet laureate of North Carolina. Bathanti teaches creative writing at Appalachian State University.
EP - 207 p.
TI - East Liberty
ER -