An American Apparition.(review)(Book Review)

From: Catholic New Times | Date: November 30, 2003| Author: Doris, Jim | Copyright information

Our Lady of the Forest by David Guterson. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2003

David Guterson, author of three novels including the award-winning Snow Falling on Cedars has another provocative hit on his hands, Our Lady of the Forest, a novel about Marian apparitions. Guterson has written a moving story of faith in contemporary America.

The author tells the story from the viewpoint of four lost souls searching for redemption. The central character, Ann Holmes, seem...

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