The Wonder Worker
Susan Howatch
(Author)
Description
At St. Benet's-by-the-Wall, a small church in the City of London, Nicholas Darrow heads a ministry of healing. He is a clergyman in his mid-40s, blessed -- and cursed -- with both true healing powers and a deeply mysterious allure. After a tempestuous youth and a rocky entry into the priesthood, he has settled into an outwardly satisfying routine: weekdays at the church, weekends at home in the country with his wife and two young sons. But he is haunted by a profound and dangerous weakness: at times of greatest stress, he falls into the habits of a 'wonder worker, ' believing his powers to be God-like rather than God-given. And recent events at St. Benet's -- a 'demonic brew' of obsession, deception and desire -- are beginning to push him in that direction. The arrival at the Rectory of a new live-in cook -- a gentle, shy, emotionally needy woman in her early 30s -- seems to precipitate a severe spin out of control at St. Benet's. But the 'arrogance, obstinacy and . . . glamorous detachment' that have begun to rule Nicholas now put him at the center of the downward spiral. His powers suddenly dazzling and infinitely dangerous, he must undertake an arduous struggle to regain emotional and psychic equilibrium or risk ruining, in the most insidious ways, every life he attempts to heal.
Product Details
Price
$17.00
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Publish Date
October 20, 1998
Pages
560
Dimensions
5.5 X 8.24 X 0.92 inches | 0.99 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780449001509
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Susan Howatch was born in Surrey. After getting a degree in law, she emigrated to America, where she married, had a daughter, and embarked on a career as a writer. When she eventually left the United States, she lived in the Republic of Ireland for four years before returning to England. She spent time in Salisbury--which was the inspiration for her Starbridge sequence of novels--and now lives in London.
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