A friend of mine lent me this book, and as soon as I saw the title, I knew it would be awful. The title is practically plagiarized from Jean Genet's 1943 masterpiece "Our Lady of the Flowers" and the plot is riddled with overt correlations as well. I have to say I'm surprised that any publisher would touch a book that was so obviously trying to copy a previous (and famous) work of literature, especially given that "Our Lady of the Forest" doesn't even come close to touching "Our Lady of the Flowers". If you're thinking about buying this book at all, don't. Go buy the original, which IS well written, with a wonderful introduction by Sartre.