Inventive, ambitious, and frequently surreal, the stories of My First Book are a mirrorball onto the world as it is.

The novel takes place during the Bourbon Restoration, which brought profound changes to French society; the struggle by individuals to secure a higher social status is a major theme in the book.

Paul Moore's vocation as an Episcopal priest took him from prominence as an activist to two decades as the bishop of New York. This work is his daughter's story of the complex, visionary man. 22 photographs.