Ann is a runaway teenager who earns her living by picking mushrooms in the woods and deals with her asthma and many allergies by swallowing too many pills. So when she receives visions from the Virgin Mary, the Catholic Church is very dubious. But thanks to the internet Ann has two thousand followers supporting her! The story sometimes loses momentum but the way Guterson writes and describes life's many subtleties is superb.
(Laurence Martin Euler - bwl 26 October 2004 ) |
