Father James Martin recently released Work in Progress, a memoir about growing up Plymouth Meeting and how a series of jobs he had no experience doing, from age 15 through young adulthood, taught him important life lessons and helped shape him as he reached adulthood and made the decision to join the priesthood.

You may know Father Martin as a somewhat controversial Jesuit priest in the Roman Catholic Church due to his positions on LGBTQ+ issues. But that isn’t what this book is about.

This humorous memoir is about growing up, with Plymouth Meeting and the surrounding area as the backdrop.

If you watched the wagon train come through the area for the Bicentennial in 1976, this book is for you. If you ever had a burger or ice cream at the Ice Cream Inn, this book is for you. If you played street hockey in Plymouth Meeting, this book is for you. If you went to Plymouth Whitemarsh High School, this book is for you. If you went to Mass at Epiphany, this book is for you. If you worked at Sharp in Conshohocken, this book is for you. If you ever swam at Ply-Mar, this book is for you. If you ever went to the Plymouth Meeting Mall to have your photo taken (or explore Spencer’s Gifts), this book is for you.

This book is for a lot of people who read MoreThanTheCurve.com.

Find it on Amazon or at the Barnes & Noble in Plymouth Meeting.