Ordinary Miracles [Kindle Edition]

Grace Wynne-Jones (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Jasmine Smith: forty next month and not ready for it; married to a man she likes and not prepared to give up on love; smothered by life's mundanity, and yet drawn towards its mystery. She wants the sort of love that makes her feel more alive, she wants wild sex in stalled lifts with film stars. She wants something else.... Jasmine Smith is in desperate need of a miracle. And with the help of an adventurous school friend, a man called Charlie and a pig called Rosie she is about to find one. A sharp, funny, moving novel and an exhilarating invitation to step out of quiet desperation and re-discover the magic in life and in love.

Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 468 KB
• Publisher: Accent Press (November 13, 2007)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B0015T6BDU
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #898,516 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

More About the Author

Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not bad, yet nothing special, November 11, 2001

By 

Ms Diva "cycworker" (Nanaimo, B.C. Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ordinary Miracles (Hardcover)

This book is a fine summer beach read. It's the story of Jasmine, who finds her marriage falling apart due to her husband's affair. Her good friend Charlie helps her out, and it takes her a while to figure out he is in love with her. The triangle is pretty good, and the book does take a few interesting twists and turns. There are some funny moments, too.

The problem with the book is that the characters don't have alot of depth. I don't find myself investing in them at all. As well, the humor is sporadic. The author doesn't have much to say about relationships or the human condition that hasn't been said before.

In short, this book is not terrible; you won't likely hate it. But you won't likely remember it for long after you read it, either. Definitely library or really cheap used book store material. Don't pay full price for it.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Life is just like That., March 14, 2000

By 

[e-mail] (Ireland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ordinary Miracles (Hardcover)

Ordinary miracles is a book written by an extraordinary writer. I was amused, made to think and entertained in a seemless account of life as only the "desperately seeking a man" thirty somethings know it. The writer has a wonderful, infectious sense of humour, enough to make you laugh out loud. When you find yourself suddenly doing this, again and again, on a train, with friends or just on your own, reading Ordinary Miracles, then you know you ARE ON A WINNER. Well done Grace Wynne Jones.

5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful sequence of magnetic frequency vibrations at work between person and person and person and pig!, May 20, 2010

By 

Loretta Doherty - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Ordinary Miracles (Paperback)

This book is memorable for the way Grace takes the coincidences of life and sharpens our perceptions to see how these coincidences are part of our destiny. It is extremely funny. It would make an excellent film script. The characters mirror a the 21st century lifestyles and worldview. It is littered with great reflections and one-liners. Each chapter makes you keep on reading, and the final chapter is the one you won't forget!. Enjoy