Cassocks in the Wilderness: Remembering the Seminary at Springwood
Author: Chris Geraghty

In Cassocks in the Wilderness, the author tells the story of his highly regulated life as a young seminarian locked away in the isolation of a sandstone building in the Blue Mountains. He reveals how he came to be there, the characters he lived with, his teachers and his companions. His memory of events and occasions is captured with a certain barbed humour, sharp and surprisingly honest, but at times with a touch of sadness and a dose of anger. This book reveals a world which was closed to most of us, one which has passed away, but which has left scars on some who lived in it and an indelible mark on all who passed through it.

…Geraghty is well placed to describe the seminary system. He had been part of it for so many years. His memory is strikingly accurate, his eye sharp, his observation sometimes acid but often amusing. As I read, I smiled knowingly and often enjoyed a good belly laugh. Geraghty’s honesty is refreshing.                                                                                                                         (From the Foreword by Peter Marr)

 rrp. $24.95 ISBN 0 86786 316 1