Angels of Destruction, (Paperback)

from whitreidtan

This mysterious and mesmerizing triptych of a novel opens with widowed Margaret Quinn opening her door and finding a child, half-frozen, shivering on her doorstep. She takes this orphaned waif in, dubbing her Norah assuming that the tattered and torn piece of paper pinned to her coat is the start...

from lalbro

Angels of Destruction brought me back to a time when I read magical realism constantly. In the midst of a series of crazy snowstorms, a tale that draws heavily on the magic of cold and snow and angels was perfect! I loved the images drawn in this tale, and the ways in which the thought that angel...

from fyrefly98

Summary: When the mysterious nine-year-old Norah knocks on widow Margaret Quinn's door in the middle of a cold, snowy night, Margaret accepts her into her house without a second thought. Margaret is still grieving over the loss of her daughter Erica, who ten years previously ran away with her boy...

from ElizaJane

Ten years ago Margaret Quinn's 17-year old daughter, Erica, ran away with her boyfriend to join a revolutionary cult. These ten years have been hard on Margaret. She had Erica late in life and is now getting old, old beyond her years actually as she has become a shell of her former self, no longe...

from LisaMorr

I really enjoyed this book. Ostensibly it is about a mother whose daughter ran away with her boyfriend in high school. Her husband has passed away, and now she lives alone with the ache of loss. One night Norah appears at her doorstep. And with shared complicity, mother and 'granddaughter' forge ...