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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Do you believe in Angels, 20 Jul 2007
This has been one of the best books I have read in years.
This book is an inspiration to anyone who feels, isolated, unloved, lonley, or forgotton....
I couldn't put it down from the time I read the first page..It lifted me from the state of mind I was in..
I had been using the Angel cards and writing to them before I read the book it was a last resort... I had had a really bad year.. after writing to the angels, doing the cards and having vivid dreams I started to feel a ray of hope...
So if you feel in anyway sad remember it is a journey you are on and without the sadness how would you feel the joy??? Nothing stays the same so don' thing that you are at a dead end...its going to change!!!
The book is an inspiration.....sending many angels and sending my love
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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The Way of a (Modern Celebrity) Pilgrim, 4 Jul 2007
I can only hope that this extraordinary and honest glimpse into the life of Victoria Mary Clarke can find its audience. My first thought upon reading it is, "I love it! But how is it going to be successfully marketed?"
I suspect that many who pick it up will only be looking for gossip about her fiancé, Shane MacGowan. It isn't there. It isn't necessary.
The result: Yes, Victoria, you really are your own celebrity, a word with a number of mixed and conflicting definitions and nuances. She is a successful journalist and a woman with an unforgettable life story - a Generation X-er and a daughter of hippies who grows to maturity in the shadow of one of the greatest poets and personalities of rock `n roll, an "older" man and a Baby Boomer.
The book tells her life story intermingled with her yearning for the spiritual. She takes her experiences and challenges of faith to a higher level by contacting her own angels.
They are not chubby Victorian cherubs on greeting cards. They are plural, ethereal, encouraging and non-interfering. She struggles with her own perception of what they really are - a figment of her subconscious? Is it a ruse to lead her on the wrong path? They are neither.
She takes the book into yet another dimension challenging the clutter and overabundance of "stuff" in her life. Like a particularly hip Flylady, she grows wiser and more discerning as time goes on. She learns to make the right choices and learns to believe in herself.
Clarke also has to temper and manage her wordly side and her inner quest to be famous for her own merits, and not of the famous and glamorous company she keeps. She really is a "good" girl - she naturally wants to make the world a better place and leave a gentle and well-tended path in her wake. She wants to do things for others and make a difference, but she still feels guilt about her worldly interests - looking great, having nice things and pleasuring her physical and emotional senses.
She wants to be a celebrity, but she doesn't like being stared at. She will learn to live with it.
In some ways, Clarke is a modern-day "Franny." She yearns to allow herself to be optimistic, to make her own pilgrim way through this complicated world that we all inhabit.
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Angels in Disguise, 12 April 2008
Angels in Disguise is a phenomenal journey into the the human soul. I felt drawn to this book before even knowing what it was about. Clarke puts all her cards down on the table with this book, a royal flush, as she details her own spiritual revolution. No matter what your religion or spiritual thoughts lean towards, you are sure to appreciate the raw feelings and beauty to her lovely words.
Before reading this book I use to think of people coming into my life and special moments in life as just "luck", but while reading this book and becoming more aware of the power of thought, I truly believe that there is someone or something helping and guiding us through this puzzle book called Life.
From a literary standpoint, this book is something very new to me. It flows out smoothly and very hard to put down! The writing style is raw, inhabited, and graceful.
This book has been a huge inspiration to me as a young writer, teaching me to speak from the heart and not the ego. I highly recommend it and looking forward to her next book!
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