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About the book:

The spellbinding new novel from one of the world's best-loved authors, Paulo Coelho, recounting the story of Brida, and her pursuit of wisdom.  This is the story of Brida, a young Irish girl, and her quest for knowledge. She has long been interested in various aspects of magic, but is searching for something more. Her search leads her to people of great wisdom, who begin to teach her about the world. Her teachers sense that Brida has a gift, but cannot tell what that is. Meanwhile, Brida pursues her course ever deeper into the mysteries of life, seeking to answer questions about who she is. She meets a wise man who dwells in a forest, and teaches her about overcoming her fears and trusting in the goodness of the world, and a woman who teaches her how to dance to the music of the world, and how to pray to the moon. She seeks her destiny, as she struggles to find a balance between her relationships and her desire to become a witch.  This enthralling novel incorporates themes fans of Paulo will love. It is a tale of love, passion, mystery and spirituality

About The author:

Paulo Coelho’s books have won numerous awards and are permanent fixtures on bestseller lists in Brazil and around the world. Other books by Paulo Coelho include The Pilgrimage, The Valkyries, By The River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept., The Firfth Mountain and Verionika Decides to Diie. He and his wife Christina live in Rio de Janeiro, BrazilPaulo Coelho is my favorite author from the day I read his debut novel The Alchemist. I have read most of his novels. Recently read Brida an enthralling novel. He again wrote a beautiful story of love, quest, mystery, knowledge, spirituality and relationships. Brida is a young girl in search of her purpose of life. She learns magic and want to be a witch. By the end, she realizes that life is difficult, mysterious but yet beautiful. She gets over her fears and trusts the world. All of us has some talent but very few of us identify it. Excellent Story. No words can appreciate his prose, diction and quotes, marvelous. There is an art to his writing that while reading we can visualize the whole story. It never feels that we are reading, it looks like we are watching. That’s the art that add uniqueness to his novels. I loved this novel. On the scale from one to ten on readability, it would surely get nine.