The Boy from the Mountain — A Story of Saint Charbel

One morning, a grandmother who could not speak says good morning. Then she tells a story about a boy from the mountain.

Every morning, Sarah tiptoes past her grandmother’s door. Every morning, she says good morning to someone who cannot answer. Then one day, her grandmother answers.

The story she tells begins in 1828, in the highest village in Lebanon, with a quiet boy, a brown cow called Zahra and a cave in the rock. It follows Youssef Makhlouf as he loses his father, leaves his family, takes a new name and becomes the man the world knows as Saint Charbel.

A story of calling and doubt, of holding on and letting go, of a lamp that burns with water, and of why small things done every morning matter.

For readers from nine to ninety. No illustrations. Just the story, set with care.

Digital edition · English · Published by Elk. Publishing

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