Ordinary Saints by Niamh Ni Mhaoleoin
'Ordinary Saints' features a saintly young boy. Brought up in an ultra-religious family in Dublin Daniel has always been too good to be true, compassionate, loving, the perfect son who longs to become a priest so that he can devote his life properly to God. In his 20’s as a young priest he loses his life in a tragic accident and years later, when his loss has all but destroyed the family, there are moves to begin the process towards his canonisation – much to the despair of his younger sister, Jay, who has moved to London. As a queer woman she knows that her own life will not stand up to the scrutiny of the Catholic establishment. She is reluctantly forced to face up to the family she had turned her back on and finally confronts her childhood and own identity within the family.
This novel is inciteful, heartfelt and genuine in a way few other books achieve and I would highly recommend it
