Brida is truly a moving saga of love, passion, mystery, philosophy and spirituality from master story-teller Paulo Coehlo, one of the most widely read and loved authors in the world, especially renowned for The Alchemist and Eleven Minutes. He brings us yet another intriguing tale of a young Irish girl named, Brida o’Fern. 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 teacher senses that Brida has a gift, but cannot tell what that is.

Meanwhile, the twenty-one-year old, 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 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.

This spellbinding novel is about how she seeks her destiny, as she struggles to find a balance between her relationships and her desire to transform herself. Brida is a enthralling character, a headstrong and the personification of the Divine feminine who is good at going after what she believes in, the only problem is she believes in something different everyday. But does that stop her from eventually reaching her goals with only disappointment, defeat and despair as tools to lead her to find the bridge between the visible and the spiritual world.

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