Mirabilis - Tapa dura

In fourteenth-century France, Bonne Mirabilis, a woman born "God's bastard" and the wet nurse to the wealthiest woman in town, discovers that she alone holds the key to saving the desperate, starving inhabitants of a village under siege. 15,000 first printing.

Susann Cokal has lived in various locations in the United States and in Poitiers, France, where she found the inspiration for Mirabilis. For several years she taught at the University of California, Berkeley and this fall with join the faculty at San Luis Obispo. This is her first novel. AUTHCOMMENTS: The stories and even written texts of the Middle Ages were meant to be group affairs-someone would read or recite, and others would listen; then all were free to discuss. So I am particularly glad that your group has chosen to read Mirabilis. I hope you like it....