Operation Wandering Soul

<p><b>'If you have children or will have children, if you know children or can remember being a child, dare to read <i>Operation Wandering Soul</i> ... it is bedtime reading for the future' <i>USA TODAY</i></b></p><p><b>'Powers' prose soars like the most magnificent of choirs' <i>WASHINGTON POST</i></b></p><p><b>'The most intellectually stimulating novelist at work in the English language today' <i>DAILY TELEGRAPH</i></b></p><p>In the paediatrics ward of a public hospital, a group of sick children gather, their lives brightened only by the power of imagination. The surrogate parents of this group - Kraft, a tired, overworked surgical resident, and Espera, a dedicated therapist - are charged with prolonging their lives using storytelling and make-believe alone.</p><p>Using the boundless reach of imagination, <i>Operation Wandering Soul</i> is a novel that celebrates the wonder of childhood. Both social indictment and emotional account of intimate needs, it asks how we might keep alive a little longer the enduring magic of childhood dreams.</p>