What if you had escaped your devout family in Ireland to live your best queer life - then your
brother became a candidate for sainthood? An unmissable award-winning moving and funny
exploration of family grief and queer identity. *SELECTED AS A RADIO 2 BOOKCLUB PICK*
*SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES DEBUT FICTION PRIZE* *WINNER OF THE INAUGURAL PFD QUEER
FICTION PRIZE* *SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN' S PRIZE DISCOVERIES AWARD* *SHORTLISTED FOR
TWO BOOKS ARE MY BAG AWARDS* Can you imagine it? I' d say to them. Can you imagine me
there in the front row in Saint Peter' s Square? The lesbian sister of a literal saint.
Brought up in a devout household in Ireland Jay is now living in London with her girlfriend
determined to live day to day and not think too much about either the future or the past. But
when she learns that her beloved older brother who died in a terrible accident may be made
into a Catholic saint she realises she must at last confront her family her childhood and
herself . . . Inspired by the author' s own devout upbringing Ordinary Saints is a
brilliant debut novel from a fresh exciting new voice which asks - who gets to decide how we
are remembered - and who we will become? *A BOOKSELLER PICK OF THE MONTH* '
Beautifully written and brilliant on grief love and family expectations. Wonderful' Daily
Mail ' A sparkling debut. Absolutely brilliant' Sara Cox ' Stunning. A fresh
funny honest portrayal of familial love. I adored it' Louise Nealon international
bestselling author of Snowflake ' Funny and deeply moving. I adored it' Chloe
Michelle Howarth author of Sunburn ' Mesmerising and original' Victoria MacKenzie
award-winning author of For Thy Great Pain Have Mercy on My Little Pain
