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06/14/2018 12:01 AM

Mr. Flood’s Last Resort by Jess Kidd


The word for this book is quirky. Delightfully so. Maude Drennan, a young Irish Catholic woman at loose ends, takes a job as a care giver. Her charge, Cathal Flood, is a cranky old man who lives in a ramshackle Victorian mansion. He is also a hoarder. Between Cathal’s attitude and hoarding, and the cadre of saints that only Maude can see and hear, the girl is having a difficult time. When questions arise about the late Mrs. Flood’s death, a missing child, and an imposter, Maude can really use those saints!

Ginger, Breakwater Books, Guilford