The center held even as the bankruptcy notices were filed, and public-auction announcements published and some people in the United States of America were forced to undergo these life-wrenching events and went about the business of starting over again, just like people who get divorced or survive serious illness.

“Confessions of a Lapsed Altar Boy” is the generation-defining story of a baby boomer named Nathan Hale Plunkett who steadfastly believes that he will be successful, if only he can choose the path for his success and fight off the distractions of the women in his life.