Synopses & Reviews
Full of characters as memorable and loveable as the Dublin they inhabit, this endearing tale marks the wondrous fiction debut of a talented writer.
The sisters at the Good Shepherd Convent in Dublin's North Wall don't quite know what to make of their newest refugee. Philo announces herself at their door one Sunday evening with the words, "God pointed me here." A large presence, weighing 240 pounds and bearing tattoos on her arm, Philo smokes, swears, and loves to eat. She is also a mother of five and in flight from her abusive husband, Tommo. In no time at all, Philo has made herself indispensable. At the senior Daycare Center, she gets the old folks talking to one another, singing old favorites, and playing bingo again. And with all the love she's got to give, it's only natural that she helps Cap and Dina two people at the Center long separated by a bitter feud come together again. By turns comical and tender, Peter Sheridan's novel is a beautifully written portrait of an unforgettable woman who touches everyone she meets through the sheer force of being herself.
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"Marvelous, nervy....Sheridan's prose style is Chekhov by way of Monty Python and Rabelais...hilarious." The New Yorker
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"A mildly transgressive version of Brendan O'Caroll's Agnes Brown novels, with the same sentimentality and forced good spirits that made many readers of those works rather queasy in short order." Kirkus Reviews
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"Peter Sheridan writes at the crossroads where hilarity and heartbreak, tenderness and savagery meet." Roddy Doyle, author of A Star Called Henry
Synopsis
By turns comical and tender Peter Sheridan's debut novel is beautifully written portrait of an unforgettable woman who touches everyone she meets through the sheer force of being herself.
Synopsis
Full of characters as memorable and lovable as the Dublin they inhabit, this endearing tale marks the wondrous fiction debut of a talented writer.
About the Author
Peter Sheridan is the author of 44: Dublin Made Me and 47 Roses. A leading figure in Irish theater, he has served as director of numerous acclaimed theaters in the U.S. and U.K. He is the director of the film Borstal Boy.