Ordinary Miracles
October 1st, 2006 by Grace
It only takes ordinary miracles to change your life.
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ORDINARY MIRACLES
It only takes ordinary miracles to change your life.
Jasmine Smith: forty next month and not ready for it; married to a man she likes and not prepared to give up on love; smothered by life’s mundanity, and yet drawn towards its mystery. She wants the sort of love that makes her feel more alive, she wants wild sex in stalled lifts with film stars. She wants something else….
Jasmine Smith is in desperate need of a miracle. And with the help of an adventurous school friend, a man called Charlie and a pig called Rosie she is about to find one.
A sharp, funny, moving novel and an exhilarating invitation to step out of quiet desperation and re-discover the magic in life and in love.
Review Excerpts
‘Wonderfully dry…I really enjoyed it.’ Catherine Alliott
‘Beautiful, tender and funny, written with great perception…a remarkable novel.’ Katie Fforde
‘The belly-laugh being a rare enough commodity on this planet, this promises to be one of my favourite novels of the year…very very funny.’ In Dublin
‘Funny, heartwarming and special.’ Marian Keyes
‘Grace Wynne-Jones writes up a storm of wit in her first novel…a fine
new writer.’ RTE GUIDE‘Ordinary Miracles has that rare combination of depth, honesty and
wit…and all of this backed by a deliciously soft, gentle and loving
humour…If you try one new author, try Grace Wynne-Jones.’ OK MAGAZINE‘She has an assured style and a wonderful insight into the separated
lady’s lot…I couldn’t put it down. I literally read it from cover to
cover.’
Muriel Bolger, ‘No Jacket Required’ RTE RADIO ONE‘A delight of love, laughs and starting again…which is very far from
ordinary.’ Yvonne Roberts‘Ordinary Miracles is about relationships and love and sex and a little
bit of guilt. Jasmine is a worried and witty heroine…an engagingly
high-spirited and perceptive debut.’ THE IRISH INDEPENDENT‘Wynne-Jones’s sense of humour and the self-mockery of her heroine makes it both funny and touching.’ TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT
Thanks Grace. Not my usual book or cover type — picked it up quickly in the library and then misplaced it, still unread, when returning the other books. The fine is still mounting and I may need an overdaft — but then I found the book and have finally read it. And it is a beautiful book.
Having been involved with ’spiritual’ trips for many years I am still niggled by the special ‘preciousness’ of us all — especially ‘them’ ….
Such a pleasure to read somebody else communicating what I want/try to say — much more lovingly and elegantly.
That spirituality is not a way of escaping our human-ness - it is a way of embracing it.
Thanks for the good work.
Much love to you. Duncan
Dear Duncan,
How lovely to hear from you. Your encouraging words are very precious to me. So glad that you enjoyed the book!
‘Ordinary Miracles’ taught me a lot about life’s mysteries. Jasmine, the main character, just seemed to turn up. And she very much wanted to share her story, warts and all! I’ve had some lovely letters about her and her journey of self discovery, and about her pals, including dear Rosie the pig. The only kind of spirituality that interests me is the type that honours all aspects of human experience. And it’s so important to have a sense of humour!
Thanks again and lots of love,
Grace