When Grace revisits her childhood church, in small-town Ireland, it's filled with memories. At eighteen, she escaped the scrutiny of her mam and granny, and their Cold War-esque network of spies from the Ardkenny Post Office. Home has always felt... claustrophobic.
University - in England, no less - was Grace's fresh start. A chance to be confident in her own skin, and resistant to the free-floating shame that always seemed to stick to her. But as Grace navigates her sexuality - and faith - in her early years of adulthood, two terrible events implode the life she thought she was making.
Now, with the post-university 'black hole' behind her, Grace is back in her childhood church. Did God really write her off, the day she put on her Repeal jumper? Is she eternally damned?
Who (or what) is Grace living for? And does the answer to that really lie back at the very start, back at home?
Girl Crush Prayers is a novel serialisation, written & narrated by Leigh Douglas. "A coming-of-age story for the gay girls, and an ode to the many women who raised me."
Reviews for Sacrament (the one-woman play which inspired the novel):
'Truly remarkable' ~ London Pub Theatres (starred review)
'Left me utterly mesmerised... it ended with me smiling from ear to ear at just what a revelation it was. Bravo Leigh Douglas, bravo' ~ Everything Theatre (starred review)
'Douglas captivates in a poignant tale of Catholic repression... leaves you eager to see what Leigh Douglas will do next.' ~ Andrew Lynch, Sunday Business Post Ireland
