Priestdaddy, by poet , is exhilaratingly funny and beautiful. It chronicles the period when Lockwood and her husband moved back in with her parents to afford a medical procedure—her father is a later-in-life priest, and her mother is even more formidable.
Lockwood’s telling soars like the voices of a choir, and with a surprising number of dirty jokes. That holidays-sponsored “How can I possibly spend time with these people?” feeling is addressed with the deepest of care.
If Thanksgiving celebrates coming together over the bounty of the earth, what better time to read this masterful lesson in gratitude to the natural world?
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