Thank you so much for letting me read an arc of Small Miracles by Anne Booth. I’d heard good things about this novel and it certainly didn’t disappoint. The writing style and story is my favourite kind - charming, heartwarming and quirky with a cast of lovable characters whose stories intertwine. Just wonderful. I loved it.

This is a wonderful story about three nuns, all that remain of the once busy order of the Sisters of Saint Philomena. Their convent is crumbling, they have no money and no idea what the future holds for them but they have a great faith in God. There is a wonderful cast of characters introduced into the story of the sisters all of whom have their lives enriched by the faith and prayers of the nuns.

Their conversations with God are charming and touching, he's such a part of their lives that they scold him and entreat him in equal measure and the ensuing small miracles are just as momentous as the big miracle the nuns are visiting Italy to investigate.

I loved the book, it's a fabulous depiction of people's lives, their struggles, their loneliness, their individual longings. Never cloying or overly sentimental but truly heartwarming and highly recommended.

Friendship,prayers, and miracles are at the crux of this charming story set in Kent in the mid 1970’s. The once bustling St Philomena Convent is down to three sisters. Sister Margaret has unwillingly taken the role of Mother Superior through attrition, a role she is not comfortable with. Sister Margaret has to face unpaid bills, faulty wiring, and a total need for refurbishment of the convent. All of her worries are causing her a crisis of her once steadfast faith. Sister Cecilia, 90 has been at the convent since the 1920’s. Devout and unyielding, though ironically she has an obsession with the National Lottery buying a ticket each week sure that the ticket along with her prayers will save the convent. Finally, Sister Bridget, an Irish sister full of love and compassion with a belief that cake can solve all problems. Together the sisters reacquaint themselves with love and understanding while solving a decades long mystery that miraculously restores faith and prosperity to the convent. A sweet story that is long on faith with relatable characters and an ever important message. My thanks to netgalley and the publisher for this advance copy.

Small Miracles by Anne Booth

The 1990s are proving tough for the convent. The order of the Sisters of Saint Philomena is down to its three last nuns. The place that Sisters Margaret, Bridget and Cecilia call home is in dire need of repairs and, with no savings and no new recruits, they are facing the prospect of having to sell up and leave behind the friends and neighbours in the parish community that they love.
That is, until ninety-year-old Cecilia decides to play the newly launched National Lottery and a series of small miracles begins to unfold.
Such a fantastic story of Margaret, Bridget, and Cecilia , 3 religious sisters living in a dilapidated convent.
It's a heartwarming story which is funny yet poignant . Brilliant .