Wonderful by Louise Beech SIGNED COPY available

A Hollywood idol.  The Virgin Mary.  An everyday girl from Hull.

Three women, three eras, surprising things in common…

On 4^th August 1962, the night she should have died, Marilyn Monroe has a visitor who changes her destiny. The Virgin Mary appears in her kitchen with a message. Inspired, Marilyn abandons her home, her life, her fame, and disappears into the night…

Fifty-four years later, in a Hull kitchen, Flora Baker finds Mary, bathed in light. She has a similar message for the working class woman dreaming of a better life…

But do Marilyn and Flora have more in common than Mary’s visit? Are they linked across time? And is Mary’s message for all the women of the world?

Wonderful is about the way women are portrayed in both history and the world of celebrity, about women not being quiet, and about women united by the shared stories that shape them.

Preorder now for delivery on 21st May (unsigned) or 2nd June (signed)

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Format:Paperback / softback 364 pages
Publisher:Pick Lock Publishing
Imprint:Pick Lock Publishing
ISBN:9781068337987
Published:21 May 2026
Classifications:Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)