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"A remarkable addition to the works of the master storyteller."—The IndependentThe failing convent of Our Lady of Mercy stands alone within an uninhabited area of the Spanish sierra, concealed on the slope among thick forest. Its occupants are dedicated to God, to isolation and silence—six ladies stop from the planet they will have chosen to leave-behind. This all modifications to the time that a suitcase is discovered by Mother Superior Maria Ines pierced with air-holes in the entry for the escape: an infant, abandoned to its fate. Could it be magic?