In this spirited, humorous story we follow Joan's adventures with the fears and frustrations of her 'handicap'. Stricken with polio as a child she heads to Dublin hoping for a miracle. After three years and numerous operations she returns home to Limerick, changed. She walks with callipers and her absence from the poverty of home creates problems -- Joan is a stranger there. She must learn to fit in. As she sits by the River Shannon watching other children play, she fears the challenge ... But with a theory about miracles and a penchant for breaking the rules, each disaster is a prologue to her next adventure. We marvel at her efforts to disguise her limp, attract boys and find acceptance. We rejoice, cry and laugh at her sometimes comically disastrous results! But Joan is instrumental in her own miracles ... And in a quest for love and romance, she explores all avenues. Could she possibly find love by correspondence? We hold our breaths ... Book jacket.