Seraphic Singles: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Single Life

by Dorothy Cummings McLean

A humorous narrative revealing the thoughts, advice, and fractured social life of a Roman Catholic Bridget Jones as she struggles to remain seraphic in light of her singleness. Dorothy Cummings is the real A serious young Catholic woman determined to remain true to her faith s moral teachings no matter what. Convinced to turn her delightful blogs into a book, she gives voice to those like her who seek life-partners amid today s dating jungle. With sections such No Sex in the City ; The Caffeine in the Cappuccino of Life ; and A Catholic s Rules about Dating, the book is witty and accessible. Set in the United States, Canada and Europe, it is an intelligent take on the contemporary dating scene for women of faith. She writes with characteristic aplomb about the state of single blessedness and advocates that young women stop worrying and learn to love the single life. Wise, funny, insightful, and at turns poignant, Seraphic Singles is a must-read for young Catholic women negotiating the fine balance between dating and faith. And it holds delightful lessons for everyone else.

224 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 2010

About the author

Dorothy Cummings McLean is the author of "Seraphic Singles" (in the USA, "The Closet's All Mine", and in Poland, "Anielskie Single") and of "Ceremony of Innocence: A Novel." She is a columnist for the Toronto "Catholic Register" and a blogger. She lives near Edinburgh, Scotland with her husband and two thriving pots of rosemary.

Reviews

[Allan Savage]

In Seraphic Singles, Dorothy Cummings, offers the reader insights that emerged from her Internet blog. The sub-title, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Single Life, is what the book is truly about. Dorothy writes directly from her life's experiences, some positive, some negative but all teaching a lesson in life. She identifies situations and events that any Catholic familiar with the Catholic Church prior to the Vatican Council may say, "I can relate to that!" Dorothy almost became a nun but after "mediating between two of my very favourite nuns, and all I can say is, the grass isn't greener on the nun side of the Single fence" (p.35). Dorothy is not your average single girl of today, however. She is theologically educated and is well aware of being raised in a Catholic Christian sub-culture from which she is emerging. She shares with the reader her life's experience in a readable and credible way that invites the reader to assess her, or his, own life. Yes, she does have insights from which men may learn and confidently says so. For those Catholics born and raised after Vatican II who read her book will realize that there is nothing truly new under the sun. Sex, rock and roll, its all been done before.