In doing research for an article about St. Patrick for my youth group’s newsletter, I thought this book would be just what I needed—but it totally wasn’t, which has probably tainted my view of it irreversibly. It’s not a bad book, just one with a slightly misleading title. This is more Greg Tobin reflecting on St. Patrick’s wisdom, than Patrick’s actual wisdom, which I suppose if I’d thought about it before picking it up, was utterly predictable, seeing how shrouded in mystery St. Patrick’s life is. As it was, I didn’t, and although this book did prove to be helpful, it didn’t aid as I thought it would and left me in search of another book that would fulfill my needs. I would reccomend this to anyone who is interested in learning more about St. Patrick, arguably the most beloved of all saints, and his God-devoted life, but not necessarily for someone interested in reading his actual wisdom instead of small snippets of it followed by someone else’s commentary. For that, nothing really beats St. Patrick’s own “Confession”, if you can find it, his “wisdom” straight from the source.