In this deeply moving book, 18 year old Catherine Simon has truly captured the flesh and blood stories of nine people who, like Bernadette 150 years ago, have had their lives profoundly changed by Lourdes. From hugely varied circumstances, their journeys of discovery converge on Lourdes as the place where their experience of love as life's ultimate mystery and meaning has become tangible; in one case the subject of an 'official' miracle. It is remarkable and a work of grace for one so young to express so much suffering, faith and joy. These lives will touch your heart.

Catherine Simon is 18 years old and has been to Lourdes with her family and the diocese os Arundel and Brighton many times.