
The Island of Mists and Miracles
by Victoria Mas
Title:
The Island of Mists and Miracles
Author:
Victoria Mas
Format:
Hardback
Number of pages:
224 pages
Publisher:
TBS-Penguin Random House Wholesale
ISBN-13:
9780857529367
EAN:
9780857529367
Classifications:
Modern and Contemporary (Post c 1945)
Weight (g):
454
Dimensions (mm):
122 x 142 x 21
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Description
Sometimes the truth lies in the things you cannot see.In 1830 a young novice called Catherine Labouré was granted a vision of the Virgin Mary. Nearly 200 years later, Sister Anne is also waiting for a sign. Which is why she accepts a mission to go to a tiny community on an island just off the coast of Brittany. Her only companion there is a sceptical, chain-smoking older nun who just wants to be left in peace.On the island she meets Hugo, the son of a devout family who prefers to look for the meaning of life amid the stars; Madenn, a grandmother whose daughter was killed in a crash and who finds meaning in routine; Isaac, Madenn''s grandson, an otherworldly teenager who doesn''t fit in but who befriends Hugo, and Julia, a sickly child. If anyone needs a miracle, it is her.But it is not Sister Anne who receives a vision. Instead it is Isaac who is found on a promontary, transfixed, unable to utter more than the words ''I see''. The event soon becomes headline news and the world descends on the small island, opening old wounds and unleashing a chain of events none of them could have foreseen.












