Please Don't Drink the Holy Water! [Paperback]

Susie Lloyd (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 2004

“If heaven’s a banquet,will I have to do dishes?”

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Susie Lloyd (b. 1966) is a frequent contributor to Catholic periodicals. She lives in Pennsylvania with her husband and a gaggle of children.

Product Details

• Paperback: 200 pages
• Publisher: Sophia Institute Press (September 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1928832199
• ISBN-13: 978-1928832195
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #911,364 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #40 in Books > Christian Books & Bibles > Catholicism > Self Help

More About the Author

Susie Lloyd was born into a large Catholic family that spanned the baby boom through the hippie and preppie decades. She's a wife, mom of seven and a homeschool lifer: 15 years down, 15 to go. She has an existential crisis towards the end of each school year whether she needs it or not.

Her first humor book, Please Don't Drink the Holy Water won a Catholic Press Association award. She's also won two CPA awards for her columns in Faith and Family. She's contributes to other Catholic magazines as well, including The Latin Mass, The National Catholic Register, Franciscan Way and Inside Catholic. Her second humor book is, Bless Me Father for I Have Kids.
She's available to speak through CMG Booking.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Very entertaining June 1, 2005

By M. Federoff

Format:Paperback

I took this book to the hospital with me, to read while resting up after the birth of our eighth child. I defiantly recognized myself and my family in the pages! It was perfect light reading about subjects close to my heart.... my Faith, my family, and homeschooling. I'm sure the nurses wondered what made the crazy grand multi-para in room 301 laugh out loud every few minutes. It was this book. Just the Rx to help you see the funnier side of this counter cultural life we have chosen. Not all of the selections are as funny as, say, Erma Bombeck, but they do make you think, and chances are you will see yourself and your family in these pages!

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Comic Relief for Moms October 21, 2005

By Holly Pierlot

Format:Paperback

I went to bed in a blue funk one night - it had been raining for about a week; the kitchen we were renovating wasn't progressing as fast as I wanted; the kids were tired of schoolwork; I hadn't felt God for awhile in prayer; and I ate too much while I was doing some writing (stemming back to my university essay-writing habits!). I felt chubby, tired and blue... and I picked up "Please Don't Drink the Holy Water" by Susie Lloyd and found myself chuckling.

I chuckle every time I read this book - every two or three sentences to be exact. You know, it takes a lot to make me chuckle sometimes! I don't normally read funny things or watch comedies but Susie's book is just so good! Being an experienced Mom, her unique perspective on the many mundane experiences of family life is totally refreshing, definitely funny, and worth the read. In a vocation where we can take life way too seriously at times, I think Susie's book is a wonderful 'mind' break from cares and concerns , and a real way to restore a flagging sense of humor.

In the Mystical Body of Christ , there are many talents and gifts given for the health of the whole body - and Susie has a unique talent that God wants her to share for our benefit. Definitely a book to add to your homeschool purchases

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Talented, delightful author (in her not-so-spare time) December 20, 2004

By WJMH

Format:Paperback

A delightful, witty little book that presents to the world a talented writer, a sort of Catholic homeschooling Erma Bombeck.

If she isn't already syndicated in every major Catholic paper in the U.S., that shows you how out-of-it a lot of those periodicals are. Her style is gently acerbic and playfully respectful. She's breezy, but you realize there's a significant intellect here--and not just in the occasional (near occasional?) scholastic reference.

Plus, Mrs. Lloyd does a great thing--she completely demystifies and humanizes "homeschoolers"--the parents and kids that are, with little fanfare, revolutionizing education. They are the wave of the future, as statistics are bearing out. So folks might as well start getting to know them. This book, full of mishaps, missteps, but also love and laughter, is a great start. It will bring smiles, grins, and, every now and then, a laugh-out-loud. It is charming, witty, and --in more than one sense, perhaps--graceful.