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The Translation of the Bones

A searingly powerful novel about passion and isolation, about the nature of belief, about love and motherhood and a search for truth.

In a church in Battersea, Mary-Margaret O'Reilly sees blood on her hands and believes she has witnessed a miracle. The consequences are both profound and devastating - not just for her but for others, too:

Father Diamond, the parish priest, struggling with his own faith. Stella, adrift in her marriage and aching for her ten-year old son, away at boarding school. Alice, counting the days until her soldier son comes home. And Mary-Margaret's mother, imprisoned in a tower block with nothing but her thoughts for company...

Important places

Battersea (10)

Regions

Wandsworth (24)

Countries

United Kingdom (21,421)

Other geographical areas

Greater London (7,856)