Downloading Ordinary Saints

A miraculous debut novel of family, grief, faith and queer identity.

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 . . .

'An outstanding debut. Delicately woven through with the threads of modern Irishness. Emotionally intelligent, hilarious, superb'

Soula Emmanuel, author of Wild Geese

'A clever, emotionally complex, and unfailingly generous debut, I found Ordinary Saints both deeply moving and utterly gripping'

Kate Young, author of Experienced