From the best-selling author of Snow Falling on Cedars—an emotionally charged, provocative new novel about a teenage girl who claims to see the Virgin Mary.

Ann Holmes seems an unlikely candidate for revelation. A sixteen-year-old runaway, she 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.

Ann Holmes seemsan unlikely candidate for revelation. She is a sixteen-year-old runaway, who hangs around North Fork picking mushrooms and living in a tent. But one foggy November afternoon, as she forages in the moss of the woods, a vision of the Virgin Mary comes to her. It is up to the new priest, Father Collins, to decide if Ann's sighting is a product of her occasional drug use or a true calling to God. Some locals believe her and others are desperate to believe anything, but either way raw emotion and hope are being exposed in this once-thriving community. And Ann is disturbingly alluring to Father Collins, both spiritually and physically....