Gregory Hughes has written an extraordinary and heart warming story that captured all of my emotions. In many parts of the story I laughed out loud, and other times I would find myself tearing up. The book took myself and the characters on a journey unlike any other, as we discovered another par...
They began with Mary White Cloud rocking in her rocking chair whispering the name of Jerome DeBillier. Then the Old Man made an appearance and, strange as it seemed, I was lying in his grave looking up at him. ‘You’re not going to sing, are you, Dad?’ I asked. ‘I’m afraid I am, son,’ he replied. ...
The monk who was driving the van had got us up so early and I felt really tired. That’s the thing with monks – they get up early, and they think everyone else should get up early as well. I’d tried to start a conversation with him when we started out, but he wasn’t much of a talker. In fact, you’...