▁included ▁her ▁short ▁story ▁collection ▁A ▁Good ▁Man ▁Is ▁Hard ▁to ▁Find , ▁published ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 5 . ▁A ▁Roman ▁Catholic , ▁much ▁of ▁O ' Con nor ' s ▁work ▁focus es ▁on ▁Christian ▁concepts ▁of ▁pride , ▁sin , ▁and ▁re dem ption . ▁ ▁Plot ▁summary ▁The ▁story ▁focus es ▁on ▁a ▁boy ▁named ▁Harry ▁Ash field ▁who ▁is ▁brought ▁to ▁a ▁Christian ▁rev ival ▁meeting ▁by ▁his ▁b ab ys itter , ▁Mrs . ▁Con n in , ▁a ▁Christian ▁who ▁bel ieves ▁in ▁faith ▁he aling . ▁Harry ▁is ▁about ▁four ▁or ▁five ▁years ▁old , ▁and ▁has ▁a ▁trouble d ▁home ▁life . ▁When ▁he ▁he ars ▁he ▁is ▁going ▁to ▁meet ▁the ▁young ▁evangel ist ▁Be vel ▁Sum mers , ▁he ▁tells ▁Mrs . ▁Con n in ▁that ▁his ▁name ▁is ▁Be vel . ▁For ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁the ▁story , ▁Harry ▁is ▁referenced ▁as ▁Be vel . ▁ ▁While ▁at ▁the ▁rev ival , ▁Be vel ▁is ▁bapt ized ▁in ▁the ▁river ▁by ▁the ▁evangel ist ▁who ▁tells ▁him ▁he ▁has ▁a ▁father ▁in ▁heaven ▁who ▁lov es ▁him , ▁and ▁that ▁he ▁is ▁counted ▁among ▁the ▁saved ▁now — that ▁he ▁" count s ." ▁When ▁the ▁boy ▁returns ▁home , ▁his ▁family ▁still ▁ign ores ▁him ▁despite ▁the ▁fact ▁that ▁he ▁tells ▁them ▁that ▁he ▁now ▁counts . ▁In ▁the ▁morning , ▁young ▁Be vel ▁returns ▁to ▁the ▁river ▁to ▁re - ex per ience ▁the ▁events ▁of ▁the ▁preceding