Our Lady of the Forest by David Guterson

Description

Bibliographic Details

• Author: David Guterson
• Title: Our Lady Of The Forest
• Publisher: ‎ Bloomsbury Publishing Ltd; First U.K. Edition (January 1, 2003)
• Language: ‎ English
• Format: Hardcover ‏w/Satin Ribbon – 323 pages
• ISBN-10: ‎ 0747560455
• ISBN-13: ‎ 978-0747560456
• Item Weight: ‎ 1.45 pounds
• Dimensions: ‎ 8.4 x 9.5 x 1.4 inches
• Book Condition: Used – Collectible / Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good (may show some minor shelf / handling wear)
• Edition: First Edition

Synopsis:

From the best-selling author of Snow 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 Forest tells a suspenseful, often wryly humorous, and deeply involving story of faith at a contemporary crossroads.

About the Author:

David Guterson is the author of 12 books, including the novel Snow Falling on Cedars, winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award and of the American Booksellers Association Book of the Year Award.

His writing has been celebrated for its atmospheric intensity, narrative drive, and probing exploration of fundamental human themes–love, death, meaning, and morality among them. Guterson's body of work includes six novels, two story collections, two works of non-fiction, and two books of poetry.

He was born in Washington State and still lives there.