Leaving Alexandria: A Memoir of Faith and Doubt

Juvenile Nonfiction. Religion & Spirituality. A No.2 Sunday Times bestselling book. At fourteen, Richard Holloway left his home in the Vale of Leven, north of Glasgow, and travelled hundreds of miles to be educated and trained for the priesthood by a religious order in an English monastery. By twenty-five he had been ordained and was working in the slums of Glasgow. Throughout the following forty years, Richard touched the lives of many people in the Church and in the wider community. But behind his confident public face lay a restless, unquiet heart and a constantly searching mind. Richard Holloway reads his outstanding memoir with honesty, emotion and great character. It was directed by Matt Thompson with music by Capella Nova.