@article{281722,
      author = {Guterson, David.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/281722},
      title = {Our Lady of the Forest /},
      publisher = {A.A. Knopf,},
      abstract = {This novel is about a teenage girl, Ann Holmes, who claims  to see the Virgin Mary. A sixteen-year-old runaway, Ann is  an itinerant mushroom picker who lives in a tent. But on a  November afternoon, in the foggy woods of North Fork,  Washington, the Virgin comes to her, clear as day. Father  Collins--a young priest new to North Fork--finds Ann  disturbingly alluring. But it is up to him to  evaluate--impartially--the veracity of Ann's sightings: Are  they delusions, or a true calling to God? As word spreads  and thousands, including the press, converge upon the town,  Carolyn Greer, a smart-talking fellow mushroomer, becomes  Ann's disciple of sorts, as well as her impromptu publicity  manager. And Tom Cross, an embittered logger who has been  out of work since his son was paralyzed in a terrible  accident, finds in Ann's visions a last chance for  redemption for both himself and his son. As Father Collins  searches his own soul and Ann's, as Carolyn struggles with  her less than admirable intentions, as Tom alternates  between despair and hope, Our Lady of the Forest tells a  suspenseful, often wryly humorous, and deeply involving  story of faith at a contemporary crossroads.},
      recid = {281722},
      pages = {323 p. ;},
      address = {New York :},
      year = {2003},
}