Mal's Hard Landing: A Slice of Irish Life

The place is Ireland, 1962. For the Galvin family, 1962 is a bad year when their son Mal, a new priest, leaves for permanent assignment in California. Darby, another son, has fled to England to escape the law, and Celine, their daughter, is pregnant by a philandering boyfriend. With their father’s health failing, it’s up to Mal’s mother and their other daughter to save the day. Mal arrives to his new church and a boss who specializes in chewing up neophytes like Mal in short order. It’s a bad scene for which the young gullible priest is totally unprepared and soon heading for disaster. Certain interventions occur to help even the playing field for the young priest whose survival is then based on the biggest decision of his life. Back in Ireland, the stakes are no less high if Mal’s family is also to survive.Murphy, Patrick J. is the author of 'Mal's Hard Landing: A Slice of Irish Life', published 2007 under ISBN 9781424146307 and ISBN 1424146305.