Dodging Satan
My Irish/Italian, Sometimes Awesome, But Mostly Creepy, Childhood
by Kathleen Zamboni McCormick
Move over, Jean Shepherd! Young Bridget in award winning Dodging Satan takes refuge in wacky misunderstandings of 1960s Bible Stories and Catholic iconography to avoid problems in her Irish/Italian family life. Her musings will have you in stitches. Get ready for glorious supernatural worlds–with exorcisms, bird relics, time travel, Biblical plagues, even the ‘holy’ in holy water–as Bridget grapples with sadistic nuns, domestic violence, emerging sexuality, & God the Father’s romantic life!
REVIEW
5 out of 5
They say there’s no guilt quite like Catholic guilt – and as a lapsed Catholic myself, I can confirm that it runs deep. I absolutely loved this book. It’s hard to pin down what I enjoyed most, but I can honestly say that Bridget’s delving into the bible and her musings about God are definitely close to the top of the list. This isn’t your typical coming-of-age. It’s raw, real, and on some levels, relatable. There’s a few moments that will just tear at your heart, it’s impossible to not feel bad for what Bridget deals with, but I can’t help but admire her spunk and determination. An excellent book!
LEARN MORE
Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Kobo | Goodreads
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Kathleen Zamboni McCormick is a writer who lives in Purchase, New York with her husband and their demanding cat. She is the mother of one boy, step-mother of two, and loves all her guys whose roles in the arts deeply inspire her. She grew up in Cambridge, MA, in a tense Irish/Italian Catholic family whose contradictions were both hilarious (in retrospect) and frightening and were raw material for Dodging Satan.