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3.4/5 Publication date 2009/2010 Pages 368 pp Originally published 1 January 2009 Country United States of America | 3/5 Goodreads Language English Media type Paperback) ISBN 978-0-06-199779-2 OCLC 52134556 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Publisher Concord Free Press, HarperCollins Works by Gregory Maguire Missing Sisters, Leaping Beauty: And Othe, What‑the‑dickens, A Couple of April Fools, Four Stupid Cupids |
The Next Queen of Heaven is a 2009 American novel by Gregory Maguire.
The novel was originally published and distributed for free by Concord Free Press in 2009 then later published by HarperCollins in 2010.
Plot summary
In fictional Thebes in Upstate New York, in 1999 during the run-up to the end of the year, the Scales family must deal with a matriarch driven half-mad by a blow to the head by a statue of the Virgin Mary. Meanwhile, gay choirmaster Jeremy must find a practice space for his band, drawing him into a collision course with the local nuns.
References
The Next Queen of Heaven Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA