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'The new Audrey Niffenegger' --Company

'THE GUARDIAN ANGEL'S JOURNAL is a beautiful and captivating novel. Jess-Cooke's writing dramatically conjures majestic images of guardian angels, whilst the subject matter also provides the reader with ample food for thought . . . a powerful novel, that captivates from start to finish' --Ulster Tatler

'An incredible debut novel...This is THE LOVELY BONES meets IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE. Fabulous' Sun

'This is the first novel by an intelligent and skilful writer from whom we cannot help but feel that there are more good things to come' Lovereading

'THE GUARDIAN ANGEL'S JOURNAL is a powerful novel from a talented new voice...hotly tipped to be one of the biggest books of 2011' --Living North

'Completely engrossing and wonderfully original' --Rosamund Lupton

'Completely engrossing and wonderfully original' --Rosamund Lupton

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When Margot Delacroix dies at forty years old, she is sent back to earth as a guardian angel - to herself. Renamed Ruth, she is forced by divine mandate to re-experience and record her biggest mistakes and fiercest regrets from the beginning of her life to her untimely death.Forced from the moment of her birth to witness the cogs of fate and the stuttering engine of free will, Ruth sets out to change the course of her life, and, ultimately, to prevent her premature death. When she realises that the reasons behind her teenage son’s descent into drugs and murder lay within her own actions as Margot, she makes a pact with a demon – she will give up her place in Heaven in exchange for the opportunity to save her son from his fate. But the changes she makes result in consequences no one could expect. . .

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5.0 out of 5 stars I cried, then I cried some more., 4 Jun 2011

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This review is from: The Guardian Angel's Journal (Paperback)

I started this book last night. I woke up at 4.30 and went downstairs to keep reading. I didn't go shopping. I didn't feed my children. I didn't really speak till I finished it this afternoon. When I closed the book I just thought "Loved it."
Moving, lyrical, it regularly had me in tears. I thought the author handled someone who might have seemed an unsympathetic central character brilliantly till she became someone I was just rooting for in both dimensions. Beautiful writing. A journey of faith. I'm buying this book for friends - it's a great read. Moreover it teaches you something, it teaches you not to judge people by their actions because God knows what they've been through and God knows who they might yet be.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Incredibly beautiful and moving, 15 Sep 2011

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Margot is our main character and we quickly are introduced to her untimely death at the young age of 40 years old. We move with her as she is sent back to earth to realise and re live her life all over again from her birth until her death with all the flaws, mistakes and wrong doings which her life included.

While she has been sent to re live her life, she is her own Guardian Angel, but while most Guardian Angels are there to help, she can not change one single thing or undo any of her actions. She must learn the lessons from all of her mistakes and record them through her wings, which is a beautifully origional idea that Cooke has come up with, not to mention the powerfully moving passages of some of the experiences Margot has had in her not so easy life. We witness them for the first time as Margot is re living them and they are deeply moving and emotional, leaving you empathising and understanding why Margot is like she is.

While understanding why she is like she is and has done some of the things she has, both Margot and the reader are placed into seeing the consequences of those actions in the form of her left behind teenage son who has begun to wander into the path of trouble. With no one seemingly around to help him, Margot, having come to this realisation, comes to the conclusion that she is going to do something to help him. While she can not change the past, it is clear that she can possibly change the future and so she goes off to seek a deal in Hell in the hopes of righting her son's life and changing his fate. Margot goes out of her way to do so with some heartbreakingly sad and devestating consequences and decisions which help to culminate in a powerful ending.

A beautifully powerful and captivating read which has an incredibly believable lead character and who you completely empathise with, while not agreeing with all of the actions she took in her life, we are all human and learn from our mistakes. While it is clear that Margots death means she didn't learn in enough time to save herself, she learns in time to try to save her son. While not a completely origional type of story, Cooke manages to make it so. Her origionality in elements throught the story and her pacy, beautiful and captiviating writing make the book so easy to read while pulling out the emotions within you which make you empathise Margot all at the same time.

Outstanding, moving, beautifully captivating and heartbreaking intwined throughout the book all at the same time, definetly not one to be missed.

Cassandra220689

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great book, 3 Nov 2011

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This review is from: The Guardian Angel's Journal (Kindle Edition)

I was completely gripped as soon as I read the first page..I was taking my Kindle everywhere, even to the gym! Such a beautiful and heartbreaking story, an innocent child thrown to the clutches of abusers, I truly hope I have a guardian angel as wonderful and protective as Margot had. A sad story that left me with a lump in my throat. Excellent book - worthy comparison as "The new Audrey Niffenger" Company Magazine

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