The Miracle

Name: The Miracle
Brand: Brilliance Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Irving Wallace
ISBN: 9781423385769

Author: Irving Wallace

Narrator: Luke Daniels

Unabridged: 15 hr 35 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Published: 11/20/2009

Categories: Fiction, Religious

Synopsis

Thousands of desperate people are drawn to Lourdes and its renowned Grotto when the Vatican announces that the Virgin Mary will perform another miracle cure there. Their lives are at stake…but will a miracle really occur?Irving Wallace, author of The Word, The Man, and The Prize, focuses on an eclectic group of pilgrims at the site of the Virgin Mary's legendary appearance: Ken Clayton, a young American who gives up medicine in hope of a spiritual cure; his fiancée, Amanda, a psychologist; a powerful Russian official who must keep his dangerous visit a secret; Hurtado, a Basque terrorist to whom the Grotto symbolizes repression; Liz Finch, a cynical journalist; Kleinberg, a Jewish doctor; Edith Moore, an English woman who is thrust into the limelight because of her own recovery; and Gisele, whose ambition is not to reach Lourdes but to escape it.This is a novel of mystery, faith, blackmail, love, and violence, encasing the fascinating story of Bernadette, the young French peasant girl who first saw Mary at the Grotto in 1858. The subject is thought provoking. The climax is surprising.

Reviews

Goodreads review by BookishDramas on October 18, 2023

This is a story based on the visions of St. Bernadette of Lourdes in 1858, which involved her interactions with Mary, the lady of the immaculate conception and is a religious novel of sorts. Coming from the stable of Wallace who was known for his racy plots and his minute detailing of situations whe......more

Goodreads review by Julie on August 28, 2008

The church announces the discovery of documents containing the secret prophecy of the Lady of Lourdes to St. Bernadette...that the Virgin will reappear during a specific 8 day period. Wallace takes us to Lourdes for these eight days and introduces us to a cast of characters drawn here for a variety......more

Goodreads review by Abanoob on September 15, 2017

As an Orthodox Christian, I perceive this book a completion of the Book of Acts in the Holy Bible. The book by no means advocates a point of view to believe or not to believe in miracles. Yet, owing to its beautiful thrilling style, it leaves you with no clue what to expect will happen next. The emb......more

Goodreads review by Priyanka on January 20, 2014

The book had been lying in and around bookshelves and cabinets in my house for very many years till the day i was thoroughly bored and having nothing better to read i finally took it up. Not a very attractive story-line, not a compelling read, not an unheard of tale either. The miracle through its s......more

Goodreads review by Lori Trotter on March 06, 2017

Great time Read.this long ago. When I read Wallace I kn9w the characters are fictional but I still think they are real perfect blend of fiction and fact well researched but with wonderful story telling......more