Biblical lore is mixed with Brooklyn Culture in this darkly comic novel.  In the age of disco, Valentine Kessler--a sweet and slightly spacey Jewish  girl who bears a remarkable resemblance to the virgin Mary of Lourdes has an unerring gift for shattering the dreams and hopes of those who love her.  Both sorrowful and hilarious, this is a novel about mothers, daughters, star-crossed lovers, doctrines of the divine and a colorful Jewish community that once defined Brooklyn.