The Trouble with Sister Francis
By Matt Coyne
Published by Headline Publishing Group

Wow! Another brilliant and hilarious story from the author of Frank and Red!
Matt Coyne has created the most heartwarming and relatable characters who tell the stories of growing up in their teenage years through the common ground of the Blessed Assumption Boys Club.

If you too were brought up in Britain in the early 1980’s you will love everything about this story;
playing / hanging out on the rec,
avoiding the local bullies, (if only!)
telling fibs left right & centre to protect your mates (& your embarrassment)
doing as you were told (because it only got back to your parents thanks to the local gossips!)

Richie, Bennett, Kenny and Stan are four best friends from the Whittle council estate with nothing to do but get up to no good. Messing around on the estate only gets them into more trouble with the local bullies and their families.
Until they discover the derelict and forgotten club in the church yard and the company of the most remarkable and loyal person they will ever meet.

Meet Sister Francis an unlikely nun.
A sweary, sixty something,
who drives like a lunatic,
smokes like a chimney and
runs the Blessed Assumption Boys Club.

Growing up in early 1980s Britain, THE TROUBLE WITH SISTER FRANCIS is a beautifully written story that will make you laugh and cry.
Coyne has written a heartwarming story of a bunch of unlikely heroes whose quiet rebellions and fierce loyalty provides them with “a place to go”.
As chapters unfold, characters grow and a combined unexpected hope is revealed.
It will also break your heart as a long-forgotten journal is shared to the reader that will reveal, connect and change everything you initially thought.

Joanne Bardgett - teacher of littlies, lover of Children’s literature.
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