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Fr. Ambrose

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I am an Anglican priest living in my 1992 Ford Fiesta in a layby in Scotland near the Stirling services.

favourite books

The Bible
The English Missal
Ritual Notes
The Parson's Handbook
The English Hymnal
Merrily on High
Walsingham Way
The Owner's Manual: Ford Fiesta 1992

I can be reached at drivenshrive@hotmail.co.uk or a layby near the Stirling services in Scotland.

I'm not much interested in vampires, wizards, witches etc.

I don't like spam.

I have a wonderful cover, thanks to Bradley Wind, author of "Bulb"

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my books

The Holy Innocents

Fr. Ambrose de Montford Smith

A mad, brave priest defies a modern Church that has a larger collection of invertebrates than the London Zoo.


When eccentric Fr. Ambrose is forced out of his parish by the bishop, he continues his ministry as an itinerant in his old Ford Fiesta. He may have lost his marbles, but he hasn’t lost his faith, and he’s determined to save his oddball flock.

There’s Dave the Sacristan, a foul-mouthed muscle man with a tendency to nick potted plants from offices and shops. There’s the young Nigerian woman Rachel, an unwed mother shunned by her family and lumbered with a failing business. There’s transgendered lorry driver Bill, unsure of his calling, and Maggie the whore, his girlfriend. Can God do anything with these people?

Fr. Ambrose believes God can and will. But he’s nuts, right?

 

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earthlover wrote 32 minutes ago

I had to download all my chapters again, but all is well. I am so th....

earthlover wrote 8 hours ago

IN the third section of chapter 34, you use the name Bill when I thin....

earthlover wrote 8 hours ago

YES! A guy at my husband's work got it all fixed and my book is stil....

KathyJohn wrote 8 hours ago

That would be great. I think you have a winner here. :)

KathyJohn wrote 9 hours ago

Let me start out by saying I love your book. But alas I must follow ....

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I wrote 4 days ago

Hi Robert First of all, let me say that I have no particular skills in literary criticism. Take anything I say as coming from a common-or-garden punter and occasional scribbler. I read your first nine chapters, and was hooked by what I was reading throughout. You obviously love language, and s... view book

I wrote 13 days ago

Hi Fran I read your whole memoir, which held my attention throughout. It is well-written, with very few problems of punctuation, spelling etc. which can often distract me. It is at times searingly honest and is never sentimental or self-pitying. This memoir manages to rise above the mere "misery ... view book

I wrote 26 days ago

Hi Dani You have a remarkable book here: full of originality, good characterisation, and humour. Although I'm no Neo-Platonist and so disagree with it philosophically, and don't accept what is said about Christianity, I really did enjoy it. You write very well indeed. I did, however, notice a tend... view book

I wrote 27 days ago

The story is classified on Authonomy as "ADULT". As far as I know, there is no other classification. I wrote it for adults. Many of the adults I mix with as a priest talk like that. I don't. Perhaps if you had read further you would have noticed that the MC and all of the nice people in the b... view book

I wrote 27 days ago

Hi Peter and Joe I've no particular skills as a literary critic, so please take anything I say about your book with that in mind! I haven't read any of the reviews, as I didn't want to be influenced in my impressions one way or another. First of all, I did read the whole book. As I started it just... view book

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