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Contemporary sexualities and a suspenseful interplay between religious and political fanaticism make this story of major interest to today's reading audience. In 1978, Bernadette is a young radical. With her husband, a militant unionist, she takes over a California cannery. By 1997, Bernadette is alone in France after divorcing her husband and leaving behind the politics that consumed her for 20 years. After looking up an old friend in Paris, Bernadette becomes involved in a spiral of events that lead her to Lourdes, France and the discovery of the secret unpublished diaries of St. Bernadette. When her old friend suddenly arrives in Lourdes, Bernadette doesn't know whom to trust. Is she under surveillance? Or is her own mind deceiving her?
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