Another Kind of Hero

The novel Another Kind of Hero features a young Roman Catholic priest, Vincent Dwyer, who after completing hisseminary studies in the turbulent mid-1960s, followshis vocation in the footsteps of three uncles who became priests in the same diocese a generation before.Newly assignedas an associate for a veteran pastor at his boyhood parish, he encounters Julie Leffert, a distraught parishioner anda young mother of six children,one windswept night when she arrives at the rectory seeking counselingfor hertroubled marriage.

In the course ofassisting this attractivebut distressedwoman,Vincentrealizes that he is falling in love with her and her large broodof children.Responding to what he sees asa greater calling to marry Julie and help her raise herchildren, he leaves the priesthood to follow what he now feels is his true vocation.Intra-familial conflicts and manytrials ensue as he undertakes a long,difficult journey with his newfound family.