Described as the new Audrey Niffenegger, I was intrigued by the title of the book ‘The Guardian Angel’s Journal’. The ladies who I work with have been raving about this book for about a week when it turned up on my desk.
I’m fascinated by the idea of angels, so you’d think I would be biased in my praise for this book – no? The idea that someone can return as their own guardian angel seemed like such an alien concept to me, I almost felt affronted for unknown reasons when reading the blurb. Put simply, I couldn’t get my head around it.
I read the introductory chapter and could not go any further that evening, however, I picked up this book again the following morning and had finished it by mid-afternoon. I’m so glad I persevered. The story is about the guardian angel Ruth who returns to watch over her own life again as Margot. Entrancing, beautifully written, the book compels you to see how Ruth, tasked with protecting and loving her former self, sometimes easily, sometimes not.
It’s always a good sign when you set a book down to ponder the morals of the story. What would you do if you had a chance to influence the way you lived your life? To change the choices you made? Would you? This book questions where you should. One also hopes that it will be made into the film.
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