"An extraordinary and peculiarly haunting novel".

(Chris Cleave, author of "The Other Hand"). My name is Judith McPherson. I am ten years old. On Monday a miracle happened. Judith doesn't have much. The house she shares with her devoutly religious father is full of dusty relics, reminder[...]

A mesmerizing debut about a young girl whose steadfast belief and imagination bring everything she once held dear into treacherous balanceIn Grace McCleen's harrowing, powerful debut, she introduces an unforgettable heroine in ten-year-old Judith McPherson, a young believer who sees the world with t[...]

Elizabeth Stone, a respected academic, has a new lease on life. In remission from cancer, she returns to the city where she was a student over thirty years ago to investigate some little-known papers by T. S. Eliot, which she believes contain the seeds of her masterpiece; a masterpiece that centres [...]

A stunning novel about faith, innocence and sin, the tale of an unusual rite of passage with terrible consequences by the feted young author of The Land of Decoration.[...]

Uppmärksammad brittisk debut om miraklets kraft

Tioåriga Judith bor ensam med sin pappa. Hon har inga vänner och blir alltmer mobbad i skolan. Hennes mamma är död sedan länge och pappan har aldrig repat sig från sorgen. Kvällarna består av böner, bibelläsning och möten i en dome[...]

10-vuotiaan Jehovan todistajan Judithin pakopaikka on pienoismaailma, jonka hän on askarrellut huoneensa lattialle. Sinne hän pakenee koulukiusaamista ja ongelmallista suhdettaan isäänsä. Isä piinaa lähiseutujen ihmisiä käännytysyrityksillään, ja siksi Judithkin joutuu koulussa pilkan ko[...]