Our Lady of the Lost and Found
Registered by Deanne of Bridgewater, Nova Scotia Canada on 8/19/2002
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
1 journaler for this copy...
The premise of this book was great! What would you do if the Virgin Mary suddenly showed up in your living room and was asking to spend a week from 2000 years of miracles? (Mary needs a rest).
This book was not what I expected, but that does not mean I was disappointed. The novel had a lot of history, which I enjoyed learning. It goes into great detail on many of the appearances and miracles of Mary in history.
The narrator does a lot of theorizing and questioning, why does God not protect us from evils (floods, tornadoes, violence etc.?) And in this book, we don't really get the answers, but some of the narrator's thoughts are thoughts that I myself have had or depict simple scenes that at one time or another, I am sure people have "prayed" for. In one chapter, there is a scene where the narrator buys a lotto ticket, and Mary says to her that she would not be able to help her out in that area, but "there are angels who take care of that". And then the narrator talks about angels she has read about, Angels of fruit, angels of aspirations, etc. The narrator tells the reader that "she has yet to find an angel of lotteries". So there is some wit in the book that I took pleasure in.
I would classify this book as a literary read, intelligent, and fulfiling. I enjoyed reading about Mary's many miracles and the narrator's questions of faith, irony, prayers and history. I think that what I missed from this book was that the narrator did not ask Mary any deep questions. But I am sure that if Mary were in my house, I would probably not ask them either! For example, the narrator did not ask Mary this question: why does God permit evil on the Earth? If he were all good, then why do we suffer injustices and misery? Mostly what the narrator gets from Mary are detailed stories about her miracles and visitations/appearances throughout the ages. So, I was looking for more of a natural curiousity from the narrator to ask the obvious questions of Mary that we all would want to know the answers too. Still, an interesting story, worth an 8/10
This book was not what I expected, but that does not mean I was disappointed. The novel had a lot of history, which I enjoyed learning. It goes into great detail on many of the appearances and miracles of Mary in history.
The narrator does a lot of theorizing and questioning, why does God not protect us from evils (floods, tornadoes, violence etc.?) And in this book, we don't really get the answers, but some of the narrator's thoughts are thoughts that I myself have had or depict simple scenes that at one time or another, I am sure people have "prayed" for. In one chapter, there is a scene where the narrator buys a lotto ticket, and Mary says to her that she would not be able to help her out in that area, but "there are angels who take care of that". And then the narrator talks about angels she has read about, Angels of fruit, angels of aspirations, etc. The narrator tells the reader that "she has yet to find an angel of lotteries". So there is some wit in the book that I took pleasure in.
I would classify this book as a literary read, intelligent, and fulfiling. I enjoyed reading about Mary's many miracles and the narrator's questions of faith, irony, prayers and history. I think that what I missed from this book was that the narrator did not ask Mary any deep questions. But I am sure that if Mary were in my house, I would probably not ask them either! For example, the narrator did not ask Mary this question: why does God permit evil on the Earth? If he were all good, then why do we suffer injustices and misery? Mostly what the narrator gets from Mary are detailed stories about her miracles and visitations/appearances throughout the ages. So, I was looking for more of a natural curiousity from the narrator to ask the obvious questions of Mary that we all would want to know the answers too. Still, an interesting story, worth an 8/10
Journal Entry 2 by Deanne at Dustjacket Book Store, Maritime Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada on Thursday, January 23, 2003
Released on Thursday, January 23, 2003 at Dustjacket Book Store, Maritime Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada.
This book is at the secondhand bookstore on Barrington Street, Dustjacket Books.
This book is at the secondhand bookstore on Barrington Street, Dustjacket Books.
