Immaculate
McGahan, Anna, 1988-2023
Book
All Frances wants is a cure for her daughter, but that would take a miracle, and miracles aren't something Frances believes in anymore. Newly divorced from her pastor ex-husband and excommunicated from the church community she once worked within, she wrestles alone with the prognosis of her terminally ill child. Any suggestion of 'divine intervention' is salt in the wound of her grief. So when Frances is forced to take in a homeless and pregnant teenage girl who claims to have had an immaculate conception, she's deeply challenged. But sixteen-year-old Mary is not who she seems, and soon opens the door to perspectives that profoundly shift Frances's sense of reality triggering a chain of astonishing events. It seems that where there is the greatest suffering lies and unexpected magic. Frances begins to hold hope for her family's future, but the miracle prayed for is not always the one received.
Main title:
Immaculate / Anna McGahan.
Author:
McGahan, Anna, 1988-, author
Work:
Imprint:
Crows Nest, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 2023.©2023
Collation:
392 pages ; 24 cm
Awards:
The Australian/Vogel's Award - winner
ISBN:
97817610679909781761067990 (paperback)
Dewey class:
A823.4
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
770006
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