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The Guardian Angel's Journal [Kindle Edition]

Carolyn Jess-Cooke (Author)
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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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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 454 KB
  • Print Length: 380 pages
  • Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0749953233
  • Publisher: Hachette Digital (14 April 2011)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language English
  • ASIN: B004O0U52A
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (40 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #22,530 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format: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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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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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 original 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 devastating 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 original type of story, Cooke manages to make it so. Her originally in elements throughout the story and her pacy, beautiful and captivating 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 in-twined throughout the book all at the same time, definitely not one to be missed.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Great book 3 Nov 2011
By VAH
Format: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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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Original and well written
The hype says Jess-Cooke is the new Audrey Niffenegger, but good though this is, it's not nearly as complex or hard-hitting as The Time Traveler's Wife. Read more
Published 1 month ago by daisyrock
A Proper Tearjerker
The title of this book is what first grabbed me, I have always been interested by the celestial world and to a certain degree this book didn't disappoint. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Sophia Maria
Fantastic Book
I enjoyed this book so much - for the last quarter I just could not put it down! The imagery used is just so beautiful, really poetic, and in a few short sentences Carolyn can... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Nic T
Fantastic read.
A thoroughly enjoyable and thought provoking book. Written from the perspective of a guardian angle sent back to watch over her life again. Read more
Published 7 months ago by MarkH_1974
Uplifting - I couldn't put it down - but softies beware!
The concept behind this book absolutely gripped me - the story, written from a guardian angel's point of view, is fascinating, uplifting, thought-provoking and life-affirming! Read more
Published 8 months ago by Becky P
Enthralling
I found this book and the author's style of writing very captivating, it is a book that you will find hard to put down once you start to read it. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Amex Angel
Fabulous!
WOW! This incredible book had me wrestling my innermost emotions all the way through!

The beautifully designed purple and gold sparkly cover (those of you know me, know... Read more
Published 9 months ago by Kim The Book Worm
I can't believe it got as far as the publishers!
Fair play to Carolyn Jess-Cooke she's written a book and got it published - something I've never done. But goodness me every turn of the page and it got more painful. Read more
Published 9 months ago by B
Different, and very enthralling
This book is a little bit different in its angle which atracted me in the first place. I love anything a bit mystical. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Babs
A beautifully written book
I loved this book. I initially chose it because it was about angels and I like anything to do with angels but when I started it I was a bit confused as to how Margot could come... Read more
Published 9 months ago by Vickeee
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