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Our Lady of the Forest
David Guterson
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Description for Our Lady of the Forest
Hardback. Very good copy in dustwrapper.. First edition signed by the author
This is the story of a teenage girl who sees a vision of 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. Her past has been hardscrabble. Then one November afternoon, in the foggy woods of North Fork, Washington, the Virgin comes to her, clear as day. Is this delusion, a product of her occasional drug use, or a true calling to God? Gradually word spreads, and thousands converge upon the already troubled town. For Tom Cross, an embittered logger who's been out of ... Read more
This is the story of a teenage girl who sees a vision of 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. Her past has been hardscrabble. Then one November afternoon, in the foggy woods of North Fork, Washington, the Virgin comes to her, clear as day. Is this delusion, a product of her occasional drug use, or a true calling to God? Gradually word spreads, and thousands converge upon the already troubled town. For Tom Cross, an embittered logger who's been out of ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC London
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780747560456
SKU
KEX0303064
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About David Guterson
David Guterson is the author of the novels SNOW FALLING ON CEDARS and EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS; a collection of short stories, THE COUNTRY AHEAD OF US, THE COUNTRY BEHIND, and of the non-fiction book FAMILY MATTERS: WHY HOME SCHOOLING MAKES SENSE. SNOW FALLING ON CEDARS won the PEN/ Faulkner Award. David Guterson lives in Washington state.
Reviews for Our Lady of the Forest
The author of Snow Falling on Cedars has written a new novel full of strange delights. Ann Holmes is a 16-year-old who has run away from home where she was physically abused by her mother's lover who is on drugs. She keeps body and soul together by picking and selling mushrooms in the forest and lives in a tent with ... Read more