Sunday, June 28, 2009

Our Lady of the Forest by David Guterson

David Guterson is one of my favorite authors. I've enjoyed his Snow Falling on Cedars, and his
East of the Mountains. His provocative Our Lady...tells of a pill popping teenage runaway's visions of the Virgin Mary in a Washington forest. Campers hear of her visions and soon through their texts and tweets, summon hoards of religious fanatics who see the girl as an instrument of devine grace. The young priest doesn't know what to believe. Are her visions real, or drug induced? Guterson made me wonder...

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