I bought this book a couple of years ago for my mother as part of her Christmas gift. She just adores Macomber's fictional angels, Shirley, Goodness, and Mercy. I read a book many years ago about these rather mischievous angels and while I thought they were funny, I didn't feel the need to read every book about them as my mother did. Angels at the Table, however, reminded me of how truly funny and uplifting these angels are and provided me with a sweet story to read on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
Angels at the Table is really the love story of Aren and Lucie, two souls who are destined by God to come together, but because of three wacky angels and their apprentice, Will, Lucie and Aren meet before they are supposed to, so the order of events is thrown off and their meeting does not go according to God's plan. The bulk of the novel is about how Shirley, Goodness, and Mercy (and Will) attempt to right their wrongs and put God's plan for Aren and Lucie back on track.
The book reminded me so much of "It's a Wonderful Life" in the sense that we, the readers, actually get to read the conversations between Gabriel and the other angels as they discuss humans and life on Earth and how they are going to try to help answer the prayers of the humans without intervening. These conversations are interspersed throughout the novel, as needed, and function as a narrator, of sorts, of the story about Aren and Lucie that is happening on Earth.
Macomber did an outstanding job reminding readers of the jobs of angels and God through this cleverly told, inspirational, yet wildly funny at times, Christmas story. I loved it. I hope I can find another Angel story to read next Christmas!
Happy reading, everyone!
:) Dodie
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