The Halfling

by Richard Brant

Ten year Colm grows up with the nagging feeling he's supposed to be somewhere else. Father Shamus is a priest for whom the church, and the children of the Sister's of Good Hope Orphanage, are his life. Their lives become entwined when baby Colm is abandoned on the doorstep of Saint Ignatius in the middle of the night. Face to face with two seemingly insurmountable dilemmas -- finding a place to call home for Colm, and the prevention of the closure of the church and orphanage for the priest, they discover strength in each other, and love.

37 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 3, 2017

About the author

Richard Brant is a native born Canadian author. His loves are his son, his animals, music, literature, his friends, pretty much anything to do with solitude and nature, and, of course, writing. To quote Mr. Brant: ‘I don’t want to be famous; I just want to be in Wikipedia.’

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Reviews

[Karen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Loved it

This was a very nice imaginative story of an orphan left on the steps of a church. He is taken in and cared for by the Mother Superior and the Father that runs the orphanage. I only found one grammatical error. Great ending and maybe a second book.