The Guardian Angel's Journal - Softcover

Jess-Cooke, Carolyn

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0824948793 ISBN 13: 9780824948795

Publisher: Guideposts, 2011

Synopsis

When Margot dies, she is sent back to earth as a guardian angel-- to herself! As she observes-- and interferes in-- the events she's already lived, she tries to alter the course of her own life-- and prevent her own death.

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About the Author

Carolyn Jess-Cooke was born in Belfast, Ireland, and is now a Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Northumbria. She lives in Gateshead, England, with her husband and three children.

Reviews

Starred Review. Readers who overlook the uninviting title will be treated to a thoroughly original take on a familiar literary conceit. Margot Delacroix is dead as the story opens, but has become a guardian angel named Ruth, sent back to guard herself reliving her life, following the four rules of guardian angelhood: witness, protect, record, love. Ruth can affect what Margot does, a little. The life that unfolds, or re-unfolds, is harsh and filled with bad choices, but Ruth is there to give protection and nudges that may-or may not-be followed. Ruth is particularly anxious to better understand why her/Margot's teenage son ended up in jail for murder, and she sees a chance to make a difference, at great cost. Debut novelist Jess-Cooke, who lives in England, is a lovely writer; Ruth's narrative voice is compelling. The writer's fertile imagination generates a host of minor characters throughout Margot's life, all of whom have well-characterized guardian angels interacting with Ruth. The interplay of the planes of angelic and earthly existence is an insistent tease that reels the reader in and along. Jess-Cooke is one to watch. (Apr.)
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Edition details

• Publisher: Guideposts
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0824948793
• ISBN 13: 9780824948795
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 311