Ebook364 pages5 hours
Miriam the Medium
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
4/5
()
About this ebook
In the tradition of Susan Isaacs comes a charming debut novel featuring a lovable phone psychic, whose talents will either save her family from financial ruin -- or ruin her family altogether.
What do you do when your husband's business is failing, your daughter is ashamed of you, and your faith in your own talents hits rock bottom? Miriam is a modern-day Long Island housewife, who just happens to be a professional phone psychic. But while she can heal broken hearts, mend relationships, and help others find new careers, her own life is in shambles.
It starts with the family business. Her husband, Rory, is working every spare minute to keep his business, Mirror Pharmacy, afloat, but no matter what cost-saving measures he takes, a profit seems farther and farther away. Using her gift, Miriam tries to channel to the heart of the problem, but Rory's patience with her "readings" has worn as thin as his cash flow. Then there is Miriam's teenage daughter, Cara, who cannot stand to be in the same room with her, much less listen to any psychically generated advice. Now involved with a particularly bad-news boyfriend, she's too in love to take Miriam's warnings seriously. Miriam struggles to maintain a positive outlook -- things are bad, but they can always be worse, goes her mantra. So when a persistent agent proclaims her talents remarkable and marketable, Miriam decides to take action. But will going public ruin her family's already questionable standing in their prim Long Island community? And will her trusted spirits -- her dear departed Dad and Russian grandmother, Bubbie -- remain faithful if she "sells out"? Miriam struggles to sort through her escalating troubles and trust her abilities in times of crisis, even as her visions are becoming too cloudy to interpret.
In a quirky tale full of humor and heartache, Rochelle Shapiro captures the universal desire to find one's true self, no matter the opinions of others. Smart and sassy, Miriam the Medium is the debut of a talented and imaginative author -- one who is able to conjure with words and spirit.
What do you do when your husband's business is failing, your daughter is ashamed of you, and your faith in your own talents hits rock bottom? Miriam is a modern-day Long Island housewife, who just happens to be a professional phone psychic. But while she can heal broken hearts, mend relationships, and help others find new careers, her own life is in shambles.
It starts with the family business. Her husband, Rory, is working every spare minute to keep his business, Mirror Pharmacy, afloat, but no matter what cost-saving measures he takes, a profit seems farther and farther away. Using her gift, Miriam tries to channel to the heart of the problem, but Rory's patience with her "readings" has worn as thin as his cash flow. Then there is Miriam's teenage daughter, Cara, who cannot stand to be in the same room with her, much less listen to any psychically generated advice. Now involved with a particularly bad-news boyfriend, she's too in love to take Miriam's warnings seriously. Miriam struggles to maintain a positive outlook -- things are bad, but they can always be worse, goes her mantra. So when a persistent agent proclaims her talents remarkable and marketable, Miriam decides to take action. But will going public ruin her family's already questionable standing in their prim Long Island community? And will her trusted spirits -- her dear departed Dad and Russian grandmother, Bubbie -- remain faithful if she "sells out"? Miriam struggles to sort through her escalating troubles and trust her abilities in times of crisis, even as her visions are becoming too cloudy to interpret.
In a quirky tale full of humor and heartache, Rochelle Shapiro captures the universal desire to find one's true self, no matter the opinions of others. Smart and sassy, Miriam the Medium is the debut of a talented and imaginative author -- one who is able to conjure with words and spirit.
Related to Miriam the Medium
Related ebooks
Coloured Sands: Coloured Sands Trilogy Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWhen I Wasn't Watching Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBest Be Prepared Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHer Sister's Secrets Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMeant To Be: Fated Loves, #2 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Babysitter: A Novel of Suspense Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Sleighing Santa Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCharlie's Will: Barrington Series, #1 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsNice Girls Do Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Ten Days Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Best Practices Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWith or Without: Stories Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5New Attitude Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Above the Law Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHow You See Me Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBreakneck Point Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5A Mother's Story Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Floating Wreckage Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDead Little Dolly Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsIn the Quiet Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Blind Eye Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Lost Letters of Evelyn Wright: A BRAND NEW breathtaking, uplifting novel of love and friendship from Clare Swatman for 2024 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPaper Man Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Return to Oban: Anna's Next Chapter: Prime Time, #7 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsJulia Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsClass Murder Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsOne Day Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsParks Pat Mysteries 1-3 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe 6pm Frazzled Mums' Club: A BRAND NEW laugh-out-loud, relatable read from bestseller Nina Manning Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Last Star Standing: A Psychological Thriller Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
General Fiction For You
The King James Version of the Bible Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Covenant of Water (Oprah's Book Club) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5You: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Outsider: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Life of Pi: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Unhoneymooners Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5It Ends with Us: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Fellowship Of The Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Beartown: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Priory of the Orange Tree Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Meditations: Complete and Unabridged Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Nettle & Bone Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Terminal List: A Thriller Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Rebecca Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Beyond Good and Evil Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Other Black Girl: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Heroes: The Greek Myths Reimagined Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Ocean at the End of the Lane: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Silmarillion Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Cabin at the End of the World: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Jackal, Jackal: Tales of the Dark and Fantastic Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Nineteen Claws and a Black Bird: Stories Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Cloud Cuckoo Land: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Shantaram: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Pet Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Man Called Ove: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Dry: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Related categories
Reviews for Miriam the Medium
Rating: 4.0714286 out of 5 stars
4/5
7 ratings1 review
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This is my first novel. Kaylee's Ghost is my new one.
Book preview
Miriam the Medium - Rochelle Shapiro
#!/a book_preview_excerpt.html }[WVcHZ&NR$Y$,yq2#AK
Yfv9FTۘu o~ozuٖa}s6ocvrK56VUna_
no\]yK-?nng?yWgo^?ͻ7on6qס [}*6/6GO?|3靯U#G#~(닷ê (+&M+`֔ߙ