ALBANY TOWNSHIP — Michaela Casey of Albany Township has written a new book, “The Old Overholt and Other Stories.”

A work of fiction, it chronicles the life of a central character, Tim Cadigan, through the eyes of his family and friends. Tim, whom Casey modeled after her own father, emerges as “a dreamer, a talker, a merrymaker, and a moralist … classic Boston Irish.”

Among the episodes the stories describe are Tim’s production of a deathbed miracle of sorts with a shot of whiskey and a beer chaser, his righteous defense of a tenant victimized by prejudice, his madcap efforts to get the pope to stop in for tea, his extraordinary effort to reverse his brother’s mental illness, his annual yuletide roast of the regulars at the Connemara Gardens Bar and Grille, and his final days at the home he loves.

A native of Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood, Casey and her husband moved to Maine eight years ago and live entirely off the grid. A recently retired teacher, she plans to devote more time to creative writing.

“The Old Overholt and Other Stories” is available on Amazon in paperback and e-book forms, and at Books N Things in Norway. 

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