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Highlights
- Twelve-year-old Genevieve has been having a hard time at home, and all she really wants is to be an altar server at her church.
- About the Author: Cat Walsh is an award-winning performer and playwright based in Edmonton.
- 128 Pages
- Drama, Women Authors
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Book Synopsis
Twelve-year-old Genevieve has been having a hard time at home, and all she really wants is to be an altar server at her church. Except it's 1963 and Father Paul tells her that's not allowed. After having her dreams crushed and being made fun of by her classmate and star altar boy Martin, Genevieve prays to God hoping for an exception. Instead, a fourteen-year-old martyr from the fourth century, Saint Pancras, appears and promises to get her an answer from God. But with her mom missing for weeks and Martin disappearing on his way home from school the next day, she fears her prayers have been answered in dire ways. Do This in Memory of Me is for anyone who has ever questioned the relationship between faith and trust or wondered where they fit in the bigger picture.
Review Quotes
"A strange and captivating new comedy." --Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca
"A poignant look at the time of life when children become aware that adults actually don't have all the answers, and that answers (just in general) can be quite difficult to come by." --Liane Faulder, Edmonton Journal
About the Author
Cat Walsh is an award-winning performer and playwright based in Edmonton. Her plays include the site-specific ANXIETY (Theatre Yes), the gas-station gothic The Laws of Thermodynamics (Theatre Yes/Workshop West Playwrights' Theatre), and the quantum-inspired FETCH (Interloper Theatre). Cat is a graduate of the University of Ottawa.