In mid-1950s Memphis, Tennessee, twelve-year-old Molly Flanagan struggles with double vision, family drama, piano lessons, and her own self-confidence, all while feeling pulled between the religious instruction of her Catholic godmother, Byrd, and her puritanical, Baptist grandmother, Willie. Molly ultimately decides to put her faith in the Holy Ghost to protect her from the impending dangers of snakes, eye operations, piano recitals, hell, and all other looming disasters. In Margaret Skinner's capable hands, Molly's search for grace in the midst of trying times for her family and neighborhood is both poignant and insightful.
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In Molly Flanagan and the Holy Ghost, Memphis native Margaret Skinner continues the generational story of the Flanagan family, scions of her first novel, Old Jim Canaan, both novels originally published by Algonquin Books. Her short stories have appeared in various publications, and she has served as writer-in-residence at Sweet Briar College and the University of Memphis. She held fellowships to the Sewanee Writers' Conference and the Hambidge Center for Creative Arts and Sciences.
Like Skinner's debut, Old Jim Canaan, the action of this beautifully written-albeit languidly paced-second novel takes place in her hometown of Memphis, Tenn. Molly Flanagan, now almost 12 now in the mid-1950s, is afflicted with double vision and a lack of self-confidence. She also finds herself the center of a religious tug-of-war between her staunch Catholic godmother, Byrd, and God-fearing Baptist grandmother, Willie, each of whom is determined to pull the child over to her side. But Molly, though sympathetic to their beliefs, has put her faith in the Holy Ghost, whom she credits with, among other things, answering her prayers about a piano. Surrounded by a loving, eccentric family (a Latin-quoting father, a pigeon-hating mother and a secretive 15-year-old brother) and an intriguing group of neighbors, Molly quietly observes the dailiness of their lives as she faces her own impending dramas-a possible eye operation, a dreaded piano recital. Although this affecting novel takes its time arriving at its particularly poignant climax, Skinner's rich, lyrical prose and fresh insights into human relationships make the wait well worthwhile.
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