Bloomfield Avenue

In this Memoir, Mercadante tells of her quest for religious identity, a real home, good work, and a one-faith family.  Born just after World Ware II to a mixed religion family. she tries Catholicism, a WASP sorority, atheism, Eastern mysticism and vegetarianism.  She works as an airline stewardess and as a journalist.  She earns a doctorate and becomes a seminary professor.  Her story holds key lessons for people from "mixed" backgrounds, those who long for the ideal family, and those who shun religion as a dead-end.