
All is Well
Katherine Walker(Author)
Bright Loophole Press
Published on 1. November 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
234 pages
978-1-0692463-2-5 (ISBN)
Description
Set against the rugged beauty of Canada's West Coast, this debut novel follows a woman who has seen the worst the world has to offer - and then tried to drink it away. A Canadian Armed Forces veteran haunted by combat and hollowed out by the bottle, she does the last thing anyone would expect: she turns to God. Not halfway. Not casually. All the way. She becomes a priest - her Hail Mary attempt to come in from exile from the human race.
What follows is a journey as unlikely as it is deeply human - equal parts sacred and profane, devastating and laugh-out-loud funny. Because the road from rock bottom to the pulpit is anything but a straight line, and the collar doesn't quiet the demons; it just gives them better seats.
Laced with sharp Canadian commentary, dark humour, and hard-won depth, this is a story about alienation, addiction, faith, and the stubborn, messy search for community, healing, and love. Come along for the ride - and find out if she finds what she's looking for.
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Language
English
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
336 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-0692463-2-5 (9781069246325)
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Katherine grew up near the rockies in Calgary and once lived off-grid in the Yukon's wild expanse before enlisting in the Royal Canadian Navy in 2005. As an above-water warfare specialist and ship's team diver, she navigated intense missions and the undercurrents beneath them. Sent by the Canadian Armed Forces to seminary, she became an ordained priest and now serves as a military chaplain in Ottawa.Drawing from her extraordinary experiences, Katherine crafts novels infused with sharp humour, transforming raw intensity into stories that race at the pace of action thrillers.Her writing is bold, cheeky, and darkly funny-her fiction probes systems of power and control with danger, bite, and zero reverence for the status quo.