Night of Miracles: A Novel
Elizabeth Berg
Hardcover
(Random House, Nov. 13, 2018)
The feel-good book of the year: a delightful novel of friendship, community, and the way small acts of kindness can change your life, by the bestselling author of The Story of Arthur Truluv Lucille Howard is getting on in years, but she stays busy. Thanks to the inspiration of her dearly departed friend Arthur Truluv, she has begun to teach baking classes, sharing the secrets to her delicious classic Southern yellow cake, the perfect pinwheel cookies, and other sweet essentials. Her classes have become so popular that sheâs hired Iris, a new resident of Mason, Missouri, as an assistant. Iris doesnât know how to bake but she needs to keep her mind off a big decision she sorely regrets.When a new family moves in next door and tragedy strikes, Lucille begins to look out for Lincoln, their son. Lincolnâs parents arenât the only ones in town facing hard choices and uncertain futures. In these difficult times, the residents of Mason come together and find the true power of communityâjust when they need it the most. âElizabeth Bergâs characters jump right off the page and into your heartâ said Fannie Flagg about The Story of Arthur Truluv. The same could be said about Night of Miracles, a heartwarming novel that reminds us that the people we come to love are often the ones we donât expect.Praise for Night of MiraclesâHappy, sad, sweet and slyly funny, [Night of Miracles] celebrates the nourishing comfort of community and provides a delightfully original take on the cycles of life.ââPeople (Book of the Week) âFind refuge in Mason, a place blessedly free of the political chaos we now know as âreal life.â In Bergâs charming but far from shallow alternative reality, the focus is on the things that make life worth living: the human connections that light the way through the dark of aging, bereavement, illness and our own mistakes. . . . As the endearing, odd-lot characters of Mason, Missouri, coalesce into new families, dessert is served: a plateful of chocolate-and-vanilla pinwheel cookies for the soul.ââUSA Today âFull of empathy and charm, every chapter infuses the heart with a renewed sense of hope.â âWomanâs World