Miriam the Medium

By Rochelle Jewel Shapiro

Book Overview

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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0743244788
• ISBN13: 9780743244787
• Release Date: May 2004
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.7" x 1.1" x 6.4"

Customer Reviews

I LOVED this book

What a great book! I couldn't put this down no matter how hard I tried. The author has a way with writing, and the story was so original I found myself biting my nails waiting to see what happened next. The concept of a medium living in suburbia, doing phone readings for a living, was unique and intriguing. I loved reading about her encounters with the spirits of the customers she read, and I thought the parallels of her own life and family with her gift was wonderfully done. I loved Miriam from the first page and I was sorry to see her story end. I'll look forward to reading other books by this talented author!

Excellent Summer Reading!

I read this delightful debut novel in two very busy days and I highly recommend it - take it to the beach, read it in your garden, stash it in your bag for work - I guarantee you won't regret making time for Miriam the Medium!

Rochelle the Gift-Giver!

This lighthearted and passionate novel is a sight-for-sore-eyes gift which teaches us that the very real and the very magical can co-exist.

Just what I needed!

Miriam the Medium is one of those books you pick up because of the title and browse through it, intending to set it back down. But chances are, you will stand there reading until the bookstore clerk gives you a dirty look. I got it as a Mother's Day present and stayed on the couch all day reading it.The magic in this book is two-fold. Miriam, certainly, but the story itself is magical, too. It made me believe in myself as a woman even more, and I applaud the author. Great read, great present!

Smart, engaging, and beautifully written

Not only is this a fascinating look in the life of a medium, but it's a series of indelible portraits of Great Neck, New York, home of manicured nails and manicured lawns; of the marriage between shy pharmacist Rory who adores his wife but wants to keep church and state (i.e. her psychic ability and his scientific practice) separate; of the tense relationship between mother and daughter, in this case Miriam grappling with Cara, who falls desperately in love with the wrong boy. At turns heartbreaking and then hilarious, the book soars--especially in the moving passages about Miriam and her psychic Russian grandmother. I cannot wait to see what Ms. Shapiro might do next.