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A review by carrington
Priestdaddy by Patricia Lockwood
As a reader, there are two things I don’t typically read: poems and memoirs. This happens to be a memoir written by a poet, so I was predisposed to dislike it. However! As much as it was not necessarily for me, I’m glad I dipped a toe into a world I otherwise might not have seen. Her family dynamics are unique and fascinating, yet universal. They’re really just your suburban Catholic family on steroids.
This book is RIPE for a sitcom adaptation. It has cross divide appeal for both liberals and conservatives (as it’s a household with two ideological factions). It has such clear parameters: five people in a house — Patricia, her husband, her mother, her father the priest, and then the seminarian. Endless opportunities for comedy. Someone should write this.
And credit where credit is due, there were certainly a couple moments that actually made me LOL. The Republican cruise? Watching the Exorcist and her dad accidentally cranking the volume for just the line about “eating cocks” while he was trying to mute it? I laughed!
This book is RIPE for a sitcom adaptation. It has cross divide appeal for both liberals and conservatives (as it’s a household with two ideological factions). It has such clear parameters: five people in a house — Patricia, her husband, her mother, her father the priest, and then the seminarian. Endless opportunities for comedy. Someone should write this.
And credit where credit is due, there were certainly a couple moments that actually made me LOL. The Republican cruise? Watching the Exorcist and her dad accidentally cranking the volume for just the line about “eating cocks” while he was trying to mute it? I laughed!