{"product_id":"our-lady-of-the-sign-9781621646822","title":"Our Lady of the Sign","description":"\u003cp\u003eA successful college professor in her thirties, Simone Stark has achieved everything she has strived for--everything other than happiness. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne winter day, in the face of unexpected news, Simone impulsively returns to her isolated hometown after a long absence. The snowy mountain landscape is meant to provide sanctuary, a sense of refuge, but instead awakens long-dormant desires and buried pain. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Simone reunites with her first love, a tantalizing future opens. But in the darkness of Simone's childhood home, a series of unsettling encounters begins, revealing a presence that is both alluring and terrifying, a force she cannot decipher as good or evil, diabolic or divine. Is it a manifestation of her own inner demons or something far more real? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTorn by conflicting desires, Simone must face both a present choice and a past that won't stay hidden. As the power in the house grows stronger, the lines between reality and nightmare begin to blur, culminating in an encounter that will leave Simone forever changed. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOur Lady of the Sign\u003c\/i\u003e is a haunting, evocative exploration of freedom and temptation, of fear and love, of the lies women tell and the lies women have been told. It is a spiritual and psychological thriller that maps the darkest terrain of a woman's soul--her capacity for reckless abandon and self-deception, but also for heroic love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Abigail Favale\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ignatius Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/21\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781621646822\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbigail Favale, Ph.D., \u003c\/b\u003e is a writer and professor in the McGrath Institute for Church Life at the University of Notre Dame. She writes across several genres, and her work has been translated into multiple languages. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Genesis of Gender: A Christian Theory \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eInto the Deep: An Unlikely Catholic Conversion. \u003c\/i\u003eShe was awarded the J. F. Powers Prize for Short Fiction in 2017. \u003ci\u003eOur Lady of the Sign\u003c\/i\u003e is her debut novel. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Abigail Favale \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47659134976157,"sku":"9781621646822","price":35.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_e8cf66ce-7b1d-4727-9426-dfd227a7c034.jpg?v=1771351147","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/our-lady-of-the-sign-9781621646822","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}