New York: Viking, 2001. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. A very nice copy of this novel about a woman visited by the Virgin Mary. Like--really visited--Mary brings a suitcase and stays a while. NF in a like jacket, very light soil and a tiny nick to top edge. First printing.

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One Monday morning in April, a middle-aged writer walks into her living room to water the plants and finds a woman standing beside her potted fig tree. Dressed in a navy blue trench coat and white Nikes, the woman introduces herself as "Mary. Mother of God.... You know. Mary." Instead of a golden robe or a crown, she arrives bearing a practical wheeled suitcase. Weary after two thousand years of adoration and petition, Mary is looking for a little R & R. She's asked in for lunch, and decides to stay a week. As the story of their visit unfolds, so does the story of Mary-one of the most complex and powerful female figures of our time-and her changing image in culture, art, history, as well as the thousands of recorded sightings that have placed her everywhere from a privet hedge to the dented bumper of a Camaro. As this Everywoman and Mary become friends, their conversations, both profound and intimate, touch upon Mary's significance and enduring relevance. Told with humor and grace, Our Lady of the Lost and Found is an absorbing tour through Mary's history and a thoughtful meditation on spirituality, our need for faith, and our desire to believe in something larger than ourselves.

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Bookseller: Books, Interesting and Odd & Sleepyside Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 002501
Title: Our Lady of the Lost and Found
Author: Schoemperlen, Diane
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0670899771
ISBN 13: 9780670899777
Publisher: Viking
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 2001
Size: 8vo - over 7¾"- 9&fr
Keywords: FICTION RELIGIOUS
Bookseller catalogs: Interesting & Odd; Religion;
X weight: 0 lbs

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