Our Lady of the Lost and Found: A Novel of Mary, Faith, and Friendship

A Stubborn Sweetness and Other Stories for the Christmas Season

Author: Diane Schoemperlen

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….Read More

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