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The author's account of how as an adult his Catholicism re-asserted itself and what that meant as the Church hierarchy threw itself into the fight against even secular civil gay marriage in the mid 2000s. ⬇

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I think I am like a lot of people, I wanted to read Conclave because the Catholic Church just went through one. Even though this is fiction, I found it quite interesting. I learned quite a bit. It did make me wonder if, in this past conclave, there was as much political wrangling. I never thought that the bishops would or could be so ambitious. I read the acknowledgments, and it seems to me Harris really researched the ⬇️

A memoir. It's the highest on my TBR list but I might end up reading something lower down first

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I was not going to read this, however coffee friends raved on and on about it and one handed me a copy. Took me a while to get into it and must admit I skipped read a lot. Author must be smiling. A very timely novel. Interesting ending. A quick read especially if you read like me. 😊.

Good. Follows the story of how a pope is elected. Full of twists and turns especially the one at the end that I didn't see coming.

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Going into the book I didn‘t know the history of the Magdalene laundries so I didn‘t pick up on all the references at first. But after reading it I did some research and wow this is a powerful little book! I watch the film adaptation (now streaming on Hulu) & thought it was brilliant! To think that this was going on in my lifetime at some point is just horrific. I‘ll be eager to read more from the author.

Quirk of fate that this became available in my library hold list late last week. I, of course, read it right away. It‘s not a great novel, but it kept my interest. I do wish that the big plot twist had been more of a surprise; Harris is a bit heavy handed with the clues. I did enjoy the details about both the titular event, and the descriptions of the setting. I can see how it was attractive as a movie plot, although I haven‘t seen it yet.