Molly Flanagan and the Holy Ghost

the long version

Twelve-year-old Molly Flanagan sees double - and it's no wonder. Two formidable women - her Baptist grandmother and Catholic godmother - are warring for her soul and her vision of the world. And as if that's not enough, the housekeeper, Lena, paints and draws scenes from the Bible, including herself and Molly as characters. Which version and which vision is true? The imaginative, dreamy Molly doesn't quite trust any of them. Instead, she decides to put her faith in the much-neglected Holy Ghost, even though she's not entirely sure what it is. Margaret Skinner's second novel is a vivid, sympathetic story of a young woman's spiritual coming-of-age amid the changing seasons of her family and her neighborhood.