Our Lady of the Forest
When Ann Holmes starts having visions of the Virgin Mary, the teen runaway becomes the last hope for the inhabitants of the economically depressed logging town of North Fork, Washington and the thousands of miracle-seekers who flock there.
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- ISBN: 0375412115
- Physical Description 323 pages
- Edition 1st ed.
- Publisher New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2003.
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General Note: | "A Borzoi book"--T.p. verso. |
Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 37.95 |
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Our Lady of the Forest
From the best-selling author ofSnow Falling on Cedars--an emotionally charged, provocative new novel about a teenage girl who claims to see the Virgin Mary. Ann Holmes seems an unlikely candidate for revelation. A sixteen-year-old runaway, she is an itinerant mushroom picker who lives in a tent. But on a November afternoon, in the foggy woods of North Fork, Washington, the Virgin comes to her, clear as day. Father Collins--a young priest new to North Fork--finds Ann disturbingly alluring. But it is up to him to evaluate--impartially--the veracity of Ann's sightings: Are they delusions, or a true calling to God? As word spreads and thousands, including the press, converge upon the town, Carolyn Greer, a smart-talking fellow mushroomer, becomes Ann's disciple of sorts, as well as her impromptu publicity manager. And Tom Cross, an embittered logger who's been out of work since his son was paralyzed in a terrible accident, finds in Ann's visions a last chance for redemption for both himself and his son. As Father Collins searches his own soul and Ann's, as Carolyn struggles with her less than admirable intentions, as Tom alternates between despair and hope,Our Lady of the Foresttells a suspenseful, often wryly humorous, and deeply involving story of faith at a contemporary crossroads.