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Published: June 30, 2011
Words: 75,604 (approximate)
Language: English
Short description
Father Peter wakes up with amnesia in a psychiatric hospital after a suicide attempt only to discover he wanted to revolutionize the church.Extended description
What happens when a priest no longer believes what he preaches? Father Pete acts like he's having a nervous breakdown. He invites his congregation to walk out of mass in protest with him. This fails. No one listens to his sermons, and he's too old and far too embarrassed to start over.Three days later Father Pete wakes in a hospital suffering from amnesia after attempting suicide. He finds a notebook he doesn't remember filling, with entries referring to himself as Saint Peter. His entries are so outlandish he knows he's insane, but the other patients begin joining him in prayers. They thank him, claiming he's better therapy than any of the doctors.
He can't figure it out. Is he crazy or is it actually his destiny to change the church? The only flock he has now are his fellow patients. Here he begins his journey to retrieve what he has forgotten--those crazy religious beliefs in his notebook entries, which look less and less crazy to him, the details of his attempted suicide, and.. (Read more)
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amnesia, priesthood, catholic church reform, prozac, psychiatric hospitalAvailable ebook reading formats
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Review by:
Elizabeth Miller
on May 10, 2012 :
Being anti-religion I was reticent about reading this book. The story of a priest who ends up in a mental health ward though caught my interest. Bold ideas that are presented in a clever story about a man trying to figure out his own beliefs while still trying to help others. Well done and a really nice way to spend an afternoon in the sun.
(reviewed long after purchase)
Review by:
Elizabeth Miller
on May 10, 2012 :
Being anti-religion I was reticent about reading this story. The story of a priest who ends up in a mental health ward though caught my interest. Bold ideas that are presented in a clever story about a man trying to figure out his own beliefs while still trying to help others. Well done and a really bice way to soend an afternoon in the sun.
(reviewed long after purchase)
Review by:
K.C. Hilton
on Aug. 28, 2011 :
Don't let the title throw you! This is a great book! It starts off with a priest (Peter) trying to get the attention of his congregation. Then his attemps suicide but wait... in doing so, he felt faint, then falls and hits his head. He wakes up in a mental institution with amnesia! What would you do?
Peter has his journals giving him insight to the man he was before the accident. But what would bring him to try to commit suicide? He was a priest! What kind of man was he? Will he ever be the man he once was? The thrilling journey begins and is a page turner. My favorite character was William. He was a strange man, he was a poet, rude, funny and crazy at the same time and yes, he was in the mental institution with Peter.
The patients soon become Peter's new flock. Peter's journal drove me insane! You'll have to read the book to find out why.
This book kept my attention that's for sure! Kron's research provides a better understanding of the Catholic church and the mental institution.
(reviewed long after purchase)
Review by:
Chaz Young
on Aug. 25, 2011 :
This is one of the most thought provoking books that I have read in some time. Even though I am not Catholic, it makes me want to get out my bible and read the New Testament, to understand what Jesus was teaching. The author drew me in with the story of Peter, a priest who wakes up in a psychiatric hospital. Peter reads his diary, in which he wrote about himself as Saint Peter, and his plan to reform the church. The reader learns about Peter's life at the same time as Peter, who has amnesia and has to rely on his diary to tell him how he ended up in the hospital. All during the story, I wonder if Peter is insane or a visionary, and I like the way that the author lets the reader decide. A must read for anyone who wonders about religion.
(reviewed within a month of purchase)