Miracle at St. Anna

James McBride

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'I envy those about to discover Miracle at St. Anna for the first time' Bonnie Garmus, author of Lessons in Chemistry 'Searingly, soaringly beautiful'Baltimore Sun

Towards the end of World War Two, four soldiers from the Army's Negro 92nd Division find themselves separated from their unit behind enemy lines.

Risking their lives for a country in which they are treated with less respect than the enemy they're fighting, they discover humanity in the small Tuscan village of St. Anna di Stazzema - in the peasants who shelter them, in the unspoken affection of an orphaned child.

Now a major film directed by Spike Lee, Miracle at St. Anna is an unforgettable tale of courage and redemption set in Second World War Italy, from internationally bestselling novelist James McBride.

WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION FROM BONNIE GARMUS

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Praise for Miracle at St. Anna

  • McBride creates an intricate mosaic of narratives that ultimately becomes about betrayal and the complex moral landscape of war - New York Times Book ReviewSearingly, soaringly beautiful . . . The book's central theme, its essence, is a celebration of the human capacity for love - Baltimore SunA haunting meditation on faith that is also a crack military thriller - Entertainment Weekly

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James McBride

James McBride

James McBride is the author of the New York Times-bestselling Oprah's Book Club selection Deacon King Kong, the National Book Award-winning The Good Lord Bird, the million-copy-bestselling memoir The Colour of Water, the novels Song Yet Sung and Miracle at St. Anna, the story collection Five-Carat Soul, and Kill 'Em and Leave, a biography of James Brown. The recipient of a National Humanities Medal and an accomplished musician, McBride is also a distinguished writer in residence at New York University.

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