What's the Name of That Book??? discussion
SOLVED: Adult Fiction
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SOLVED. Urban Fantasy, Toronto, Angels, MC has down syndrome [s]
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"First published in 1989 and taking place in downtown Toronto, one of the earliest of the modern urban fantasies, Gate of Darkness, Circle of Light is the story of a fight against encroaching darkness by a developmentally handicapped young woman, a street musician with no idea of his potential, a bag-lady who's tired of picking up the pieces, and an adept of the light. Mixing actual Toronto ghost-stories with traditional Faire, a police procedural, and a cat, Gate of Darkness, Circle of Light opened a gate at street level to the urban fantasy that followed
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It was an urban fantasy novel set in Toronto. It's an adult book, and the copy I had was a mass market paperback. The central character was a young woman with down syndrome. The other main characters were a busker and an older Chinese lady. They all meet an angel. If I recall correctly there was a bit of unrequited romance with the busker being in love with the angel. I think at the end of the book, the girl with down syndrome ascends to become an angel herself. But really I remember more about the characters than the plot.
I thought it was called "City of Light" or something similar, but Google isn't helping with that.