num_pages: 398
description: The Prayers of Agnes Sparrow is the story of an unusual woman Agnes Sparrow. No longer able or willing to leave her home where she is cared for by her long-suffering sister Griselda Agnes has committed her life to the one thing she can dobesides eat. Agnes Sparrow prays and when Agnes prays things happen including major miracles of the cancer ulcer-healing variety along with various minor miracles not the least of which is the recovery of lost objects and a prize-winning pumpkin. The rural residents of Brights Pond are so enamored with Agnes they plan to have a sign erected on the interstate that reads Welcome to Brights Pond Home of Agnes Sparrow. This is something Agnes doesnt want and sends Griselda to fight city hall. Griseldas petitions are shot down and the sign plans press forward until a stranger comes to town looking for his miracle from Agnes. The truth of Agness odd motivation comes out when the town reels after the murder of a beloved community member. How could Agnes allow such evil in their midst? Didnt she know? Well the prayers of Agnes Sparrow have more to do with Agnes than God. Agnes has been praying to atone for a sin committed when she was a child. After some tense days the townsfolk Griselda and Agnes decide they all need to find their way back to the true source of the miraclesGod.
language: English
title: The Prayers of Agnes Sparrow
publisher: Abingdon Press