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Patricia Lockwood: Priestdaddy (Paperback, 2018, Penguin) 5 stars

Father Greg Lockwood is unlike any Catholic priest you have ever met, a man who …

Funny, sweet, sad & deep

5 stars

Priestdaddy is a memoir centered around the author's dad: an overbearing, right-wing, frequently half-naked catholic priest. It is really, really funny. It is also affectionate, and sad. (Please, do or say something nice, so I can put it in the book - is Lockwood's silent prayer to her father). It is also full of depth, tackling head-on issues like falling out of faith, the church's (luck of) reaction to child-abuse within its ranks, and chemical pollution.