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When seven-year-old Georgie, desperate to win the attention of her hero,
James, steals a candlestick from a cemetery lodge, she believes that
the devil has seen her and will follow her home. Her conviction is
heightened that evening when tragedy strikes the family. Guilt-ridden,
Georgie sets out on a quest to become a saint, in the hope that God will
grant her a miracle. Her sincere but often bizarre efforts lead her
through various escapades from a remote Yorkshire farmhouse to being
lost in London, when she is accosted by a sinister stranger. The arrival
of a distant relative throws her world into greater confusion as she
comes to understand the nature of good, evil and accident. The story is
populated by a variety of eccentric characters; feisty ex-suffragette,
Great Aunt Lucy; the pious but increasingly senile Great Aunt Philomena;
beautiful French Aunt Marie and her huge explorer husband; the cruel
teacher, Miss Keppel; and the contrasting personalities of Georgie and
her friends and siblings.
