Anatomy of a Miracle
Cameron Harris came home from Afghanistan paralyzed from the waist down. Then one afternoon, sitting outside a convenience store in Biloxi, Mississippi, he stands and walks, with no medical explanation. Jonathan Miles tells the story as if it were a true case study, following Cameron, his fiercely loyal sister, the Vietnamese American family who run the store, the Catholic Church investigating a possible miracle, and the doctors searching for a rational cause. The novel is a wry, big-hearted look at faith, science, fame, and what people do when the inexplicable lands in their lap. It was a Sarah Jessica Parker ALA Book Club Central pick.
What you might want to know about Anatomy of a Miracle
The questions readers send us most often, answered without spoilers.
A paralyzed veteran inexplicably stands up one day outside a Mississippi convenience store, and the media, the church, and science all rush to claim his recovery.
No. It is a novel, but it is written in the style of a nonfiction case study, following a paralyzed veteran whose unexplained recovery draws the attention of the church and the medical world.
Yes. Sarah Jessica Parker selected it as an ALA Book Club Central pick in 2018.
Anatomy of a Miracle was written by Jonathan Miles, published in 2018 by Hogarth.
Anatomy of a Miracle is 352 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, Anatomy of a Miracle takes most readers 5 to 8 hours to finish.
Anatomy of a Miracle is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.