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SOLVED. Adult fiction, funny. Vicar/ priest & widowed Irish Catholic mum in Sydney, Australia. They travel to UK & Europe on pilgrimage. His father had been pharmacist? or mum worked in pharmacy? Cover: brown suitcase? Gentle, sweet. Read 2008-2010. [s]
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Right so read/bought this in Sydney some time between 2008 and 2010. I bought a lot of ex library books so it could have been one. It definitely started in Sydney - a vicar/priest and his Irish catholic mum. I think his father had been a pharmacist in the Sydney CBD or his mum worked in a pharmacy. Brown suitcase features, could have been on the cover. Could have been a reference to being a £10 pom and coming over with just a suitcase. I think the priest son and widowed mother went to Europe together on a kind of pilgrimage. I recall it being gentle and sweet and hilarious and I clearly lent it someone and never got it back. I'd love to find it and reread it.
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Lobstergirl wrote: "Deborah, are you still looking for this or did you find it?"still looking!
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How did his father die?
What is the story's time period? Any chance this is non-fiction?
Gosh. I think they travelled to the UK by plane. Then a coach tour around continental Europe. They were maybe looking for something to do with the family history - people or places. No idea how the father died. I would say set in 80s or 90s. Most definitely fiction. I had given up hope of finding it. I hope you resurrecting it might give me a fighting chance.
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Google Books preview:
https://books.google.ca/books?id=T2Cl... There are different cover images. Non-fiction.
Google search of Goodreads:
site:goodreads.com travel priest mother australia funny
I'm stunned and so so so grateful - this must be it. Thank you so much
