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Overview
In Expect A Miracle, Wakefield starts with miracles in his own life - an improbable recovery from a near-fatal car accident during college and his middle-age recovery from desperate alcoholism - and then weaves a remarkable tapestry of true miracle stories from people he met in his workshops and in travels to Lourdes, Ireland, and throughout the U.S. Representing all walks of life and faith - a factory worker in Ireland, a psychiatrist in Denver, a Buddhist in Berkeley, and a prisoner at Sing-Sing - these miracles range from amazing physical healing to startling bursts of artistic creativity, the abrupt liberation from a long imprisonment of addiction and despair to the unexpected presence of God and deceased loved ones.Editorials
Steve Schroeder
Wakefield is a journalist, so it is hardly surprising that this chatty collection of anecdotes, not so much written as orchestrated by Wakefield, has a journalistic tone. The anecdotes flow freely, though the narrative structure of the book as a whole is fragmented. It could profitably be read in pieces rather than straight through--not as a study of miracles so much as a record of their expectation. There is no consensus here about what constitutes a miracle; there is, however, ample evidence that the expectation is present across all sorts of boundaries.Book Details
Published
May 1, 1995
Publisher
Harpercollins
Pages
257
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780060692254