
Priestdaddy
A Memoir
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Patricia Lockwood
From Patricia Lockwood - a writer acclaimed for her wildly original voice - a vivid, heartbreakingly funny memoir about having a married Catholic priest for a father.
Father Greg Lockwood is unlike any Catholic priest you have ever met - a man who lounges in boxer shorts, who loves action movies, and whose constant jamming on the guitar reverberates "like a whole band dying in a plane crash in 1972". His daughter is an irreverent poet who long ago left the church's country. When an unexpected crisis leads her and her husband to move back into her parents' rectory, their two worlds collide.
In Priestdaddy, Lockwood interweaves emblematic moments from her childhood and adolescence - from an ill-fated family hunting trip and an abortion clinic sit-in where her father was arrested to her involvement in a cultlike Catholic youth group - with scenes that chronicle the eight-month adventure she and her husband had in her parents' household after a decade of living on their own. Lockwood details her education of a seminarian who is also living at the rectory, tries to explain Catholicism to her husband, who is mystified by its bloodthirstiness and arcane laws, and encounters a mysterious substance on a hotel bed with her mother.
Lockwood pivots from the raunchy to the sublime, from the comic to the deeply serious, exploring issues of belief, belonging, and personhood. Priestdaddy is an entertaining, unforgettable portrait of a deeply odd religious upbringing and how one balances a hard-won identity with the weight of family and tradition.
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Editors Select, May 2017
I want to be careful about the way in which I write about this book. Not because the subject matter is scandalous (it's not), but because, like all beautifully complex things, it'd be easy to mislabel or to put Lockwood's memoir in a box, to diminish its magnificence and, ultimately, the spell it cast over me. It deserves more than that. So, I'll say this: Great writers are often lauded for having an original voice. Well, Lockwood has that and then some (including an amazing - and amazingly absurd - sense of humor). More importantly, she's an original thinker whose devotion to language and words and poetry - her primary trade - can be felt in every line, every turn of phrase, and every bit of confounding imagery that seems to reveal some hidden, intangible truth that normally exists just outside of fingertips' reach. —Doug, Audible Editor
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Editor's Pick
"Shine on you crazy diamond"
"Priestdaddy is in my top five favorite books of all time, and probably best summed up in the words of Pink Floyd: "Shine on you crazy diamond." Thanks to a loophole, Lockwood’s dad is one of the only priests in the world whose wife and kids are sanctioned by the Catholic church. When he’s not in his vestments, his hobbies include watching action movies in his undies and playing hot licks on his electric guitars. This is the story of an unconventional family told in a singular, hilarious voice that will quietly surprise you when it starts digging into some of Catholicism’s darkest secrets."
—Rachel S., Audible Editor
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Lockwood herself is the narrator, a fey voice for a fresh literary voice. Her performance is a superb match for her words.
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Favorite Memoir
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Encouraged to read more of her book
Irreverent humor. Loving heart
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Would you try another book from Patricia Lockwood and/or Patricia Lockwood?
I am sorry, there is intriguing language and simile, very new prose. However, I found this lacking. A winding rant on upbringing, childhood disappointment, unilateral view of history. Did not draw me in to the story. Lacked development of characters. Hit and miss events of importance. Actually couldn't finish the book.Would you be willing to try another book from Patricia Lockwood? Why or why not?
No.. This was not a worthy experience.What three words best describe Patricia Lockwood’s voice?
self-centric, biased, unforgivingCould you see Priestdaddy being made into a movie or a TV series? Who should the stars be?
N/ALovely language - disjointed
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so perfect
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Would you listen to Priestdaddy again? Why?
I absolutely LOVED this book, and unexpectedly so. To start, the writing is superb. Lockwood, a poet, paints such rich scenes and characters. Couple this with her unusual upbringing, and you get a sort of irreverent, tender, splendidly obscene book. Absolutely recommend.What was one of the most memorable moments of Priestdaddy?
These absurd interactions with her father, her unequivocal mother, all of their interactions and influences and categorical statements.What does Patricia Lockwood bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
I admittedly didn't know much about Lockwood or the book itself when I picked it up. But hearing these stories read aloud by her brings to life all the moments of tenderness and terror.Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
Yes!Divine, witty, delicious
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Brilliant!
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Patricia Lockwood is the writer we all needed
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My daddy was a cleric too
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Wonderful Writing but not Much of a memioir
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