Struggle to forgive adds poignancy to author’s often harrowing novel

Special thanks to Mike Mastromatteo for writing this article, promoting my new book, and reviewing Where Angels Pass!

 August 27, 2024 OSV News Arts & Culture, Book Reviews

“Where Angels Pass”
Ellen Gable Hrkach, Full Quiver Publishing (2022)
322 pages, $14.99

Catholic writer Ellen Gable Hrkach’s latest book “Life From the Bottom Shelf” (Full Quiver Publishing) is a bit of a departure from her traditional writing canon.

Detailing the lifelong struggles of someone, shall we say, “vertically challenged,” the book shares the ups and downs of being short-statured in a tall world. Gable Hrkach, who is four feet eight inches tall, has always tried to keep a sense of humor about her height. Her latest book is about embracing one’s size and finding joy and humor in it.

The book invites readers to imagine themselves in a number of tall-world scenarios, such as: Have you ever gone to a public bathroom just to find that the mirrors are so high that you can only see your forehead? Or have you ever had a young child stand beside you and exclaim, “I’m as tall as you!”

The essence of Gable’s writing inspiration however, is more readily to be found in her “Where Angels Pass” release of 2022, or in her collection of faith-based novels, “A Subtle Grace” (2014), “In Name Only” (2009) and “Stealing Jenny” (2011).

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Where Angels Pass is available on Amazon.