Miracle Girl
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A wry, gritty, absorbing follow-up to The GoodLife, Miracle Girl is a book about the visions of a beautiful, young Vietnamese-American girl as they bring chaos, controversy, and hope to one man and... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:157322250X
ISBN13:9781573222501
Release Date:August 2003
Publisher:Riverhead Books
Length:257 Pages
Weight:1.15 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"
Age Range:18 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 21 years ago
Perhaps the only subject less discussed than class in American society is faith, and Scribner takes it on here from all angles. Is Sue Phong, a deaf Vietnamese woman, really channeling the Virgin Mary to produce miracles in decrepit Hudson City, NY? Or is it a publicity stunt? If a stunt, whose? Hers? The Catholic archdiocese? (Attendance at mass is way down.) The Chamber of Commerce? (Those pilgrims gotta eat. And book hotel rooms.)These cynical questions ricochet inside the mind of our hero, John Fitzgerald Kennedy Quinn, a thirty-something born on the day of the assassination (a fatal blow to faith itself) and currently employed as a real estate agent for the archdiocese. Quinn, as he's known, is embroiled in an early onset midlife crisis. He can't really figure out how he wound up where he is - or where he stands with his longtime live-in girlfriend, Rita. Does his problem truly reside - as Rita alleges - in the fact that he doesn't believe in anything? The first page of this novel is perhaps the tautest piece of writing you'll read this year. The rest of it is by turns titillating (Scribner writes terrific sex), thought-provoking and hilarious.
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