
The Healing Party
2016
First Published
3.23
Average Rating
304
Number of Pages
An electrifying debut novel about faith and lies, the spirit and the flesh. When her mother is diagnosed with a terminal illness, Natasha returns to the home she fled many years before. But her father, a Charismatic Christian, has not changed: he is still the domineering yet magnetic man she ran from, and the family is still in his thrall. He comes home one night with astonishing news: he has received a message from God that his wife is to be healed, and they must hold a party to celebrate. As Natasha and her sisters prepare for the big event – and the miracle – she struggles to reconcile her family’s faith with her sense that they are pretending.
Avg Rating
3.23
Number of Ratings
334
5 STARS
12%
4 STARS
27%
3 STARS
37%
2 STARS
18%
1 STARS
5%
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Author
Micheline Lee
Author · 2 books
Micheline Lee was born in Malaysia and migrated to Australia when she was eight. She has worked as a human rights lawyer and before taking up writing, as a painter. Her first novel, The Healing Party, was shortlisted for the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award and is currently longlisted for the Voss prize.