Tiny Uncertain Miracles

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Author
Michelle Johnston
Publisher
HarperCollins
Genre
Fiction
Released
03 November, 2022
ISBN
9781460762714

Tiny Uncertain Miracles

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Synopsis

Awkward, hapless Marick is still struggling with the loss of his wife, his child and his faith when he is reluctantly thrust into the position of chaplain at a large public hospital. Shortly after arriving, he meets Hugo, a hospital scientist and a man almost as lost as Marick himself, who is working in a forgotten lab, deep in the subterranean realms of the hospital. Hugo is convinced that the bacteria he uses for protein production have - unbelievably - begun to produce gold. Is it alchemy, evolution, a hoax or even ... possibly ... a miracle?

In the meantime, Christmas is approaching, the number of homeless outside the hospital is increasing, the Director of Operational Services is pressing Marick about his weekly KPIs, you can't buy chocolate in the hospital shop anymore, and Marick keeps waking with nightmares at 4 am every night. If ever a miracle was needed, it's now.

A tender, sweet, sad, gritty, slyly funny and unexpectedly uplifting novel about family, friendship, faith, love - and alchemy - Tiny Uncertain Miracles is a hopeful and luminous gift to all readers.

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      About the author

      Michelle Johnston

      Dr Michelle Johnston is a consultant Emergency Physician who works at an inner city hospital.  Mostly her days consist of trauma and mess.She studied medicine at UWA, and gained her Fellowship with the Australian College for Emergency Medicine in 1998.She loves caring for patients and teaching, but is terminally confused by health bureaucracy and is an expert in meeting avoidance.She believes there is a beating heart of humanity, art, and beauty within the sometimes brutal reality of the Emergency Department, and she has dedicated her career to finding that sweet spot between creativity and critical care medicine.Books are her other oxygen, and writing her sustenance.

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