This book was a very quick read. One of the main characters, Kemp McAvoy, is a nurse who wants to live the high life but doesn't have the means at his disposal to afford his tastes. To solve this "problem" he concocts a scheme to write a book about a series of visits from an "angel" to one of his comatose patients. The angel will deliver a message that must be shared with the world in the form of a best-selling book - which will solve Kemp's financial woes. The problem is his scheme gets increasingly complicated as more and more people discover what he is doing.
The secondary plot revolves around Kemp's girlfriend Olivia and her daughter who keeps seeing angels. While Kemp is scheming - and consequently ignoring Olivia - Olivia contends with school officials who want to have her daughter tested because she keeps having what the school counselor considers psychotic episodes where she claims to see angels.
This book is very interesting with an uncomplicated story plot that moves quickly. Kemp is so easy to dislike since he's the quintessential sleazebag who can't see past his own wants to others' needs. We've all known folks like him who are so shallow you wonder how a great girl - like Olivia in the story - would get stuck with someone like him. I wondered at the beginning of the book how the topic of angels would be addressed, and while there's no great theological discussion in this book it makes you rethink angels and how they might be working in today's world.
I received a copy of this book from the publisher.
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