The Bless Me, Father Series Books 1-5 / Bless Me, Father (ePub)
Bless Me, Father; A Father Before Christmas; Father in a Fix; Bless Me Again, Father; and Father Under Fire
(Sprache: Englisch)
This acclaimed series that inspired a hit London Weekend Television sitcom is "a long, gentle breeze of humour" (James Herriot).
Based on the author's real-life experiences after completing seminary and later adapted into a beloved British sitcom,...
Based on the author's real-life experiences after completing seminary and later adapted into a beloved British sitcom,...
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This acclaimed series that inspired a hit London Weekend Television sitcom is "a long, gentle breeze of humour" (James Herriot).
Based on the author's real-life experiences after completing seminary and later adapted into a beloved British sitcom, these five novels are a humorous and sweet-natured look at Catholicism in the 1950s. Readers of all creeds will enjoy Father Neil's adventures at St. Jude's parish, a corner of London with a raucous congregation full of Irish immigrants.
Bless Me, Father: Young Neil Boyd has just finished divinity school. A newly ordained priest, his first post is at St. Jude's parish where he meets the cantankerous, scheming, and brilliant Father Duddleswell and Mrs. Pring, the sharp-tongued housekeeper. Father Duddleswell is willing to do anything to make sure the Lord's will be done, from placing a bet to obstructing an interdenominational love affair.
A Father Before Christmas: The holiday season is among the most hectic times at St. Jude's, and this year is no exception for Father Neil. As always, he has his hands full with Father Duddleswell, who has decided to invite all the other sects of Christianity to celebrate Christmas with them. The plan quickly unravels when two religious leaders from another denomination try to convert Father Neil and a clock goes missing-as does the church collection.
Father in a Fix: After six months at St. Jude's, Father Neil makes a New Year's resolution to wise up. With the crazy collection of characters at his parish, this will be no easy feat, especially when Father Duddleswell is named the prime suspect in the killing of a gambling parishioner's smelly pig and a generous attempt to give the suspected butcher a day off goes zanily haywire.
Bless Me Again, Father: After finishing his first year at St. Jude's, Father Neil finally feels as if he has his feet firmly planted on the ground. But the parish is still full of surprises, and the clergy are confronted with all manner of crisis. First, there is the dilemma of Dr. Daley, whose drinking is causing his health to deteriorate but who worries that sobriety will ruin his personality. Then, much to Father Duddleswell's chagrin, a new donkey overruns the church, followed by a fresh litter of kittens.
Father Under Fire: As St. Jude's adds another member to its clergy-Father Abe, an octogenarian with an agenda of his own-the church staff finds themselves embroiled in a rivalry among undertakers, a visit during Holy Week from the bishop with the longest rosary on record, a harebrained scheme to promote holy water as a fertility enhancer, and a night spent under a pool table during a pilgrimage.
Based on the author's real-life experiences after completing seminary and later adapted into a beloved British sitcom, these five novels are a humorous and sweet-natured look at Catholicism in the 1950s. Readers of all creeds will enjoy Father Neil's adventures at St. Jude's parish, a corner of London with a raucous congregation full of Irish immigrants.
Bless Me, Father: Young Neil Boyd has just finished divinity school. A newly ordained priest, his first post is at St. Jude's parish where he meets the cantankerous, scheming, and brilliant Father Duddleswell and Mrs. Pring, the sharp-tongued housekeeper. Father Duddleswell is willing to do anything to make sure the Lord's will be done, from placing a bet to obstructing an interdenominational love affair.
A Father Before Christmas: The holiday season is among the most hectic times at St. Jude's, and this year is no exception for Father Neil. As always, he has his hands full with Father Duddleswell, who has decided to invite all the other sects of Christianity to celebrate Christmas with them. The plan quickly unravels when two religious leaders from another denomination try to convert Father Neil and a clock goes missing-as does the church collection.
Father in a Fix: After six months at St. Jude's, Father Neil makes a New Year's resolution to wise up. With the crazy collection of characters at his parish, this will be no easy feat, especially when Father Duddleswell is named the prime suspect in the killing of a gambling parishioner's smelly pig and a generous attempt to give the suspected butcher a day off goes zanily haywire.
Bless Me Again, Father: After finishing his first year at St. Jude's, Father Neil finally feels as if he has his feet firmly planted on the ground. But the parish is still full of surprises, and the clergy are confronted with all manner of crisis. First, there is the dilemma of Dr. Daley, whose drinking is causing his health to deteriorate but who worries that sobriety will ruin his personality. Then, much to Father Duddleswell's chagrin, a new donkey overruns the church, followed by a fresh litter of kittens.
Father Under Fire: As St. Jude's adds another member to its clergy-Father Abe, an octogenarian with an agenda of his own-the church staff finds themselves embroiled in a rivalry among undertakers, a visit during Holy Week from the bishop with the longest rosary on record, a harebrained scheme to promote holy water as a fertility enhancer, and a night spent under a pool table during a pilgrimage.
Autoren-Porträt von Neil Boyd
Neil Boyd is a pseudonym of Peter de Rosa. After attending Saint Ignatius' College, de Rosa was ordained as a Catholic priest and went on to become dean of theology at Corpus Christi College in London. In 1970 de Rosa left the priesthood and began working in London as a staff producer for the BBC. In 1978 he became a full-time writer, publishing the acclaimed Bless Me, Father, which was subsequently turned into a television series. De Rosa went on to write several more successful novels in the Bless Me, Father series. He lives in Bournemouth, England. Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Neil Boyd
- 2017, 1583 Seiten, Englisch
- Verlag: Open Road Media
- ISBN-10: 1504046161
- ISBN-13: 9781504046169
- Erscheinungsdatum: 13.06.2017
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Praise for the Bless Me, Father Series“Delightfully entertaining . . . [Boyd’s] fond, gentle approach and chuckling anecdotal style closely resemble those of James Herriot . . . A winner.” —Sunday Express
“Clerical shenanigans for the reader who likes his heavenly instruction with a few grains of worldly salt.” —Kirkus Reviews
“Appealing clerical tales told with wry humour.” —Sunday Times
“A long, gentle breeze of humour with frequent bursts of helpless laughter. Neil Boyd has an almost divine gift for extricating deeply satisfying fun from tiny things. . . . Wonderful, real, lovable characters.” —James Herriot
“Mr. Boyd’s characters are concerned with something outside themselves, with the great issues of life and death and eternity. He is a bestseller because the public hunger is not only for escape. It is for light in the darkness.” —Sunday Telegraph
“Hilarious and compulsive reading. Inevitable one compares it with the books of James Herriot on the life of a vet . . . A laugh on every page.” —Catholic Herald
“I have never laughed so much, so openly at the antics of some of the most likeable characters in modern fiction . . . Carry on Father!” —Dublin Evening Herald
“Neil Boyd finds himself the creator of one of the major comic characters of the decade, the irascible but lovable old Irish priest, Father Duddleswell.” —Daily Express
“The books in the Bless Me, Father series are all written with wry humour and affection.” —Liverpool Echo
“Hilarious without ever crossing the bounds of good taste.” —Manchester Evening News
“Rollicking good humour.” —Sunday
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“As bracing as a tot of Irish whiskey.” —Yorkshire Telegraph and Argus
“As bracing as a tot of Irish whiskey.” —Yorkshire Telegraph and Argus
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