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Reviews
Book Review: The Fool Of New York City
Michael O’Brien, author of the Father Elijah series, returns with a tour de force. The Fool Of New York City is a breathtaking novel of human frailty and redemption. The small cast of characters who slip through the cracks of the busy city they live in, are complex, profound and inspiring. Here, in amongst …
Book Review: A Family Of Saints
Once in a while you pick up a book that immediately resonates with you, one you read slowly, savouring each chapter and meditating on it during the day when the cares of life prevent you from reading on any further. One that inspires you to greater things, to loftier ambitions and to an increased spiritual …
FRONING: Fittest Man In History ~ Movie Review
You may be wondering why on earth Young Catholic Mums would be reviewing this movie?? Let me tell you. Recently my husband and I watched this documentary. It was a weeknight, we felt like watching something – there was NOTHING but trash on TV (as usual right?) and my husband wanted to watch it, …
Mum’s Night Out ~ Movie Review
I have been meaning to write this review for a while now, seeing as I saw this movie about a year ago! Anyway here I am, as it needs to be written! And shared. This was one of those movies that, I’ll be honest, I had low expectations for. It popped up on my …
Book Review: Subverted
It may only be early in the year but I’m calling it as I see it. Subverted is one of the must read books of the year. No, I’m not exaggerating. It’s no secret that I’ve researched a lot about feminism and its consequences and that, in my case, my passion for this area …
Book Review: Ear Of The Heart
Elvis Presley movies were a big part of my childhood. In the days when the midday movie was generally an Elvis one, my mother introduced us to the man many still grieve as having died too young. Unbeknownst to me, one of the ‘Elvis’ girls, who co-starred with him into two movies, and famously …
Book Review: Father Elijah Series
Books Reviewed: Father Elijah: An Apocalypse and Elijah in Jerusalem This two book series certainly packs a punch. Michael O’Brien’s novels have a rollicking plot, complete with conspiracy theories, assassinations and intrigue and yet they are also interwoven with intense discussions on politics, Catholicism and the Antichrist. Father Elijah himself is a …
Book Review: Raising God-First Kids In A Me-First World
This book appealed to me instantly. From the very introduction the author present the reasoning behind her book, and the humility that almost prevented her from writing it in the first place. Barbara Curtis’ style is open, warm and engaging and never takes on a holier-than-thou tone. In fact, as she shares her own …
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Book Review: We’ll Never Tell Them
This haunting and yet uplifting novel is much more than it seems. It spans a period of close to a hundred years, in places including colonial Malta and Edwardian England, and quietly constructs a character driven plot that steadily builds in intensity. The characters, especially Liljana, are tangibly real. Each of them is …