false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256140312m/5220121.jpg 5220121 5 Keith Donohue’s first novel, <i>The Stolen Child</i>, was a national bestseller hailed as “captivating” (USA Today), “luminous and thrilling” (Washington Post), and “wonderful...So spare and unsentimental that it’s impossible not to be moved (Newsweek. His new novel, <i>Angels of Destruction</i>, opens on a winter’s night, when a young girl appears at the home of Mrs. Margaret Quinn, a widow who lives alone. A decade earlier, she had lost her only child, Erica, who fled with her high school sweetheart to join a radical student group known as the Angels of Destruction. Before Margaret answers the knock in the dark hours, she whispers a prayer and then makes her visitor welcome at the door. <br><br>The girl, who claims to be nine years old and an orphan with no place to go, beguiles Margaret, offering some solace, some compensation, for the woman’s loss. Together, they hatch a plan to pass her off as her newly found granddaughter, Norah Quinn, and enlist Sean Fallon, a classmate and heartbroken boy, to guide her into the school and town. <br><br>Their conspiracy is vulnerable not only to those children and neighbors intrigued by Norah’s mysterious and magical qualities but by a lone figure shadowing the girl who threatens to reveal the child’s true identity and her purpose in Margaret’s life. Who are these strangers really? And what is their connection to the past, the Angels, and the long-missing daughter? <br><br>Angels of Destruction is an unforgettable story of hope and fear, heartache and redemption. The saga of the Quinn family unfolds against an America wracked by change. As it delicately dances on the line between the real and the imagined, this mesmerizing new novel confirms Keith Donohue’s standing as one of our most inspiring and inventive novelists. 3898162 3 3 2009 Angels of Destruction: A Novel total:181|5:23|4:54|3:61|2:37|1:6| 181 594 1079 66 4 5 false false Thu Jul 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 17 09:09:35 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 23 05:49:23 -0700 2009 1
The story begins in 1985. One bitterly cold night, Margaret quinn, a widow, who lives alone and still mourns the loss of her child; a dau...more...]]> 5 2 false false Sat Apr 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 04 13:13:43 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 04 13:15:25 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu Mar 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 08 22:18:55 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 04 13:38:08 -0700 2009 5 1 false false Sun Dec 21 07:18:20 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 21 07:55:04 -0800 2008
I'll say more after the book comes out in March. ]]> 3 0 false false Fri Oct 23 01:58:58 -0700 2009 Tue Nov 17 16:52:33 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false true Tue Nov 10 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 11 15:44:28 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 11 15:52:10 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Aug 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 28 07:43:25 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 28 07:51:23 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Nov 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Oct 23 14:54:35 -0700 2009 Sun Nov 08 04:38:06 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Dec 29 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 12 07:54:47 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 29 11:35:52 -0800 2008
I'm not going to give a recap of the book, I'm sure there will be plenty of those for people who need it.

...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jun 03 00:49:19 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 16 00:55:22 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue May 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 18 07:49:41 -0700 2009 Sat May 23 13:28:07 -0700 2009 But the shivers never came to my skin and the creepy tone that other reviewers mentioned never materialized for me. I never found any of the chara...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun May 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 11 14:47:48 -0700 2009 Sun May 03 05:12:27 -0700 2009 The Stolen Child, I had to pick this up as soon as I saw it. While I didn't really feel it was quite as amazing, I certainly wasn't disappointed. The story begins with Margaret Quinn's discovery one winter night of a young girl on her doorstep. She takes he...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jul 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 10 13:25:27 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 08:14:00 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon Jun 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 29 08:37:04 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 29 08:45:44 -0700 2009
Norah: "I look like an 11-year old girl but I'm really an angel (probably). Can I stay here?"

Margaret: "OK."

Norah: "Diane, go to New Mexico and get your niece back."...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Nov 17 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 11 06:34:27 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 18 06:27:24 -0800 2009
I think maybe it was the order of the plot. I could've done with maybe one or two chapters about Norah first a...more...]]> 3 2 false false Wed Jun 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 04 13:03:47 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 11 12:58:21 -0700 2009 The Stolen Child A Novel, Angels of Destruction left me cold. It's technically well-written, but it didn't really do anything for me. I wasn't compelled to pick it up whe...more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Sep 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 23 07:48:48 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 29 05:22:57 -0700 2009 The section about the runaways was a lot more interesting then the sections about Norah. Also I was annoyed with how the third grade age children spoke. I've never met...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Sep 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 27 11:02:17 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 27 11:02:53 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat May 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 03 19:31:47 -0700 2009 Sun May 03 19:33:42 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Mar 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Dec 01 17:25:29 -0800 2008 Mon Apr 06 09:15:55 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=5220121