Raising Gentle Men: Lives at the Orphanage Edge

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Named “2014 Best Book by Small Publisher”—Catholic Press Association. There are very few benefits to the being the only man in the convent. There are fewer still being the only big brother to 250 boys in an orphanage. But if you keep busy, you stumble into opportunities to help. And if you are clueless, you don’t know better than to attempt the fantastic. And if you are clumsy, you commute over life’s lessons at every turn. For more than 100 years, a small band of nuns have run Alpha Boys School in Kingston, caring for the abandoned, abused and delinquent boys of Jamaica. From 1984 – 1986, they allowed the Writer to share their world. He was one of the people all through those years who lived on the periphery of the boys’ lives, trying to help, and trying to understand. He saw the relationships the boys built with each other, which kept them from being completely alone on this planet. Whether from the inside or the out, they all lived at the orphanage edge. All the Writer’s proceeds from this book go to reinforce the work of the Mercy Sisters and the Jesuits in Jamaica. About the Writer — Jay Sullivan, is the Managing Partner of Exec|Comm, LLC, a communications consulting firm. In between graduating from Boston College and attending Fordham Law School, he taught English in Kingston, Jamaica. He was a featured columnist in the New York Law Journal, where his Art of Communication column appeared frequently. His articles and poetry, both humorous and serious, have appeared in The Golfer, Boston College Magazine, Catholic Digest, Parents Magazine, and other publications. He lives in Pleasantville, New York, with his wife and four children.

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