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Hilarious memoir of growing up in an Irish Italian Catholic family. The author depicts her upbringing in a Catholic household, and attending Catholic schools in a funny way, with an over-the-top review of Bible stories, rosaries, the BVM, God the F, and holy cards. I had a similar upbringing, so I thought the book, including the stories of her family, the clergy, and the nuns, were quite funny.
The author does have a rebellious streak in understanding that women should not be subservient to men-and that the Bible was written by men. Good job!
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rmarcin | 3 other reviews | Jul 11, 2020 |
Dodging Satan by Kathleen McCormick
Starts out with praise for the book, table of contents and then the story begins.
Story of a girl growing up Catholic and she's got roots from Italy and Ireland. I remember the cards she spoke of as I also collected them when given to me from the nuns that were teaching us from K through grade 7.
The girl grows up thinking Satan is under her bed and she gets her mom to sprinkle things around to scare them off.
She really has a philosophic opinions about the virgin Mother of Jesus and the nuns don't like how she portrays her. I myself thought she's really obsessed about her, her clothing, her paintings done elsewhere and how she'd never be able to spank Jesus.
Some of the scenes I found funny and some remind me of things that either we did as kids or the cousins did.
Acknowledgments and why the author wrote the book.
I received this review copy from the author via the publisher and this is my honest opinion.
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jbarr5 | 3 other reviews | Jul 16, 2019 |
This is a laugh out loud book of absolute brilliance. From her getting her first (glow in the dark) crucifix to her dad's glow in the dark slippers, she gets a little perturbed at God at first. The book continues on and on. I don't want to be the one to give it all away.

My first most favorite antidote was when she and her mom went into this little room to get fresh (not germy) holy water out of a 3-gallon coffee holder. When the water wouldn't come out, her mom tears off the lid and needs a peppermint. That settles her stomach. Apparently, she saw contaminated holy water. She looks in and sees the Holy, and thinks both she and her mom are special for the honor. When you find out what the Holy is, you will howl! This is just like most of the book. It is that good!

Thank you to Kathleen Zamboni McCormick and Word Slinger for giving me this book for free in order to read and give my honest review.
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Connie57103 | 3 other reviews | Jul 29, 2016 |
Don’t judge this book by its cover. This delightfully quick read reminds us all how literal children can be and how little they know when to ask the right questions. Young Bridget is baffled that all her religious interpretations are lost on the very adults teaching her. Otherwise they would understand how much she is standing firm on the concepts all the bible stories have clarified for her. But rather than being praised for her self-perceived astuteness, she is often mocked, admonished or otherwise shunned for her newly formed wisdom. She never lets that stop her, just keeps paying attention and looking for enlightenment. Bridey had me laughing and remembering my own misconceptions and inability to bring to light all the scary things of the dark. The book was over much sooner than I wanted to let go of knowing more about this lovely little girl growing up in the domain of wonder and unknowable. I’d love to know where her undying faith and unbridled spirit would take her next.
An advanced copy of this book was provided for an honest review.
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