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  • Published: 17 October 2023
  • ISBN: 9781529114874
  • Imprint: Vintage
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 304
  • RRP: $26.00

Small Miracles

The perfect heart-warming summer read about hope and friendship



The perfect heart-warming summer read about a group of nuns who play the lottery to save their failing convent - for fans of A Man Called Ove and Dear Mrs Bird

'Charming, witty and warm, Small Miracles is a gentle gem of a novel, a cheery balm in troubling times.' AJ Pearce, bestselling author of Dear Mrs Bird

In the summer of 1995, three nuns play the lottery to save their failing convent and set off on an adventure to Italy in search of a miracle. A joyful, heart-warming story of friendship, community, faith and love.

The 1990s are proving tough for the convent. The order of the Sisters of Saint Philomena is down to its three last nuns. The place that Sisters Margaret, Bridget and Cecilia call home is in dire need of repairs and, with no savings and no new recruits, they are facing the prospect of having to sell up and leave behind the friends and neighbours in the parish community that they love.

That is, until ninety-year-old Cecilia decides to play the newly launched National Lottery and a series of small miracles begins to unfold...

Small Miracles takes the reader on a joyful and uplifting journey as these three unforgettable nuns learn more about life, love and friendship than they could ever have imagined.

***Sweet Mercies, the new adventure with the Sisters of Saint Philomena, is available now!***

  • Published: 17 October 2023
  • ISBN: 9781529114874
  • Imprint: Vintage
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 304
  • RRP: $26.00

About the author

Anne Booth

Anne Booth has had all sorts of jobs, including washing up in a restaurant, working as a tour guide in a haunted almshouse, bookselling, teaching English in Italy, sessional lecturing at university, running music and art activities in a residential home, and being a long term carer for elderly parents. In 2014 she had her first book published for children, and has had twenty published since. Small Miracles is her first book for adults.

@bridgeanne

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Praise for Small Miracles

With gentle humour, and surprising twists and turns, this is just the book we need in these difficult times. I didn't want it to end.

Katie Fforde

Charming, witty and warm, Small Miracles is a gentle gem of a novel, a cheery balm in troubling times

AJ Pearce, bestselling author of Dear Mrs Bird

Heart-warming and quirky, with a cast of lovable characters...Just wonderful. I loved it.

Jill Mansell

What a joy! Small Miracles is warm, compassionate, and sees the good in everyone. I loved it, and I recommend it to anyone who wants to be reminded of what a kind place the world can be.

Stephanie Butland

I want to be in the kitchen with Sister Bridget cooking up a storm! We should all learn to follow our hearts and find what we love, and be thankful for those we love. This book is a joyful celebration of love.

Jo Thomas

A warm hug of a book: gently funny, compassionate and kind. Exactly what we're all craving right now.

Shelley Harris

I didn't want this book to end. Full of small everyday miracles and big love.

Jenny Bayliss

Charming, witty and intricately plotted...celebrates the uplifting power of love

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