Product Description
Andrew Roe has crafted an intricate story, told by Anabelle, her parents, and the visitors, who include neighbors, a priest, the affluent and the downtrodden. What becomes clear is that life's cruelties show no prejudice, but becoming a believer in something, anything, even if you don't understand it, can bring salvation.
More than a novel about a family in crisis, THE MIRACLE GIRL tells a larger cultural story, of how we live and hope and dream.
Reviews/Praise
"In Andrew Roe's THE MIRACLE GIRL, we are reminded that the desire for miracles always connotes dissatisfaction, even as it articulates a hope. Roe deftly explores this paradox with clean, sharp prose; the novel's intuitive, shifting structure generates a multi-faceted exploration into what it means to believe. Also, Roe's novel examines the strange responsibility of being believed in. A stunning, confident debut."-- Peter Rock, author of MY ABANDONMENT and THE SHELTER CYCLE
Author Bio
Andrew Roe's fiction has appeared in Tin House, One Story, The Sun, Glimmer Train, The Cincinnati Review, and other publications. His nonfiction has appeared in the New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Salon.com, and elsewhere. He lives in Oceanside, California, with his wife and three children.
