Father Neil's Monkeyshines (Bless Me, Father #6)

By: Neil Boyd

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Synopsis: All-new stories featuring the &“wonderful, real, lovable characters&” of St. Jude&’s, in the series that inspired the beloved British sitcom Bless Me, Father (James Herriot). Based on the author&’s real-life experiences as a young clergyman, the five books in the Bless Me, Father series offer a sweet-natured, humorous look at Catholicism in the 1950s. Father Neil&’s adventures at St. Jude&’s parish in London with its raucous congregation full of Irish immigrants proved so popular they were adapted into a long-running British sitcom. Now, in these eleven previously unpublished stories, readers have the opportunity to reacquaint themselves with young Father Neil, the irascible Father Duddleswell, the sharp-tongued housekeeper Mrs. Pring, and more colorful parishioners. A young couple hoping to adopt twins gets more they bargained for; a foundling is abandoned like Moses—in a confessional; an honored infantry sergeant returns from the battlefield physically, emotionally, and spiritually scarred; a modern-thinking new curate creates a distraction by being far too handsome; and an unexpected new addition disrupts St. Jude&’s: Mario the monkey, who can test the patience of a saint. &“Carry on, Father!&” cheers the Dublin Evening Herald. And he does, with the same inspiring heavenly humor that has made Neil Boyd&’s long-running series such &“hilarious and compulsive reading&” (Catholic Herald).