Place of Miracles

Published by Acorn Press, Place of Miracles by PEI author Linda Stewart will launch on June 8. All are welcome to attend the book launch from 2–4 pm at Plough the Waves Hall, Wood Islands Market (10356 Shore Road, Wood Islands).

Iris is a pastoral hamlet in PEI, full of people doing their best to live good lives. These folks help each other out—raising barns, children, and money whenever anyone’s in need. People have found home there: Jon, a professor who took a sabbatical in Iris to heal from his terrible childhood, is now a full-fledged community member, a husband and farmer. Jimmy, formerly a violent alcoholic, has found peace in the church and turned his life around completely. Idyllic Iris really is a place of miracles for so many, a place that feels like it’s from another time.

But it’s not another time. It’s 1967 now, and just when things seem settled, the outside world is asserting itself in Iris. Long-haired, far-out Dan rolls into town in what can only be described as a hippie van. His borrowed cabin is a mess, he doesn’t seem to have any occupation, he blasts horrible music, and is always surrounded by clouds of odd-smelling smoke.

Is there any room for Dan in this little community? Can Jon, Jimmy, and everyone else channel Iris magic one more time? Or has this place of miracles finally met its match?

This uplifting, heartfelt sequel to Stewart’s Beautiful Sadness brings readers back to the turmoil of the late 1960s, when old ways were forced to meet new—and sometimes found more common ground than anyone expected.