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Things will never be quite the same again for the sisters at Dublin's Good Shepherd Convent thanks to the arrival of their newest refugee, Philo, a huge, tattooed woman with a penchant for smoking, swearing, and eating, who is fleeing her abusive husband, Tommo. A first novel. Original.
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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.
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A 240-pound Dublin housewife with five children and an abusive husband takes refuge with a bevy of nuns in this boisterously cheery and raunchy first novel by Irish theater director Sheridan. Pining for a fresh start, Philo shrugs off her responsibilities and plops herself on the doorstep of the Sacred Heart convent in the crumbling North Wall neighborhood of Dublin. The nuns are startled at first—particularly Sister Rosaleen, who's put in charge of swearing, smoking, tattooed Philo—but Philo soon makes herself indispensable, entertaining the senior citizens at the convent's Day Centre with games of bingo and Blind Date. Among other good deeds, she reunites Cap and Dina, two Day Centre regulars who've been feuding for 40 years over the neighborhood's vegetable trade. Still, Philo's future as a nun seems unlikely, and Philo longs to be reunited with her children, who've been dumped at an orphanage by their shiftless father, Tommo. Tommo pronounces himself ready to turn over a new leaf, but Philo's been burned before. Will they ever be a family again—and is that what Philo wants? Sheridan aims to deliver rollicking good fun with a darker edge, and despite some strained humor, for the most part he succeeds.
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- PublisherPenguin Books
- Publication date2004
- ISBN 10 0142004340
- ISBN 13 9780142004340
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages304
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