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The Tracks of Angels
Laura Newman flees her home in California, hoping to leave behind the sadness of her childhood. But as she tries to make a new start in Boston, Laura is haunted by painful memories. As she searches for her own personal and spiritual identity, she imagines into life an angel--world weary, with frayed wings and no easy answers--who helps to show her the way.
- GenresFictionSpirituality
272 pages, Paperback
First published January 26, 1994
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Kelly Dwyer
3 books179 followersHello! I'm Kelly Dwyer, and I'm the author of GHOST MOTHER, published by Union Square & Co., August 2024, as well as two other novels. GHOST MOTHER asks the question, "Is the house really haunted? Or is the narrator losing touch with reality?" (After you read the novel, please let me know what you think!)
A graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop and Oberlin College, I grew up in San Pedro, California, and now divide my time between Baraboo (near Madison) Wisconsin, and Los Angeles. Please visit
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A graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop and Oberlin College, I grew up in San Pedro, California, and now divide my time between Baraboo (near Madison) Wisconsin, and Los Angeles. Please visit
http://www.kellydwyerauthor.com/
and let's connect here on Goodreads and on Instagram!
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September 24, 2014
Many people have questions about God and the afterlife.......fortunately most of us do not have to go through devestating hurt and loss to come to terms with what we know we believe.
This novel is about a well loved girl who is raised by a Catholic Father and Jewish Mother. She believes in Angels and often prays and talks with God. Her Mother passes away from cancer when Laura is only 10 years old. By then Laura has already begun questioning the teachings from both religions. Laura's life changes dramatically and she feels lonley and isolated and drifts and lists badly. Her Father barely notices the dramatic changes in her.
Then Laura's Father is in a terriable accident when Laura is 18 yrs old and becomes a parapalegic. He convincces Laura to help him commit suicide. After his funeral, Laura moves across country to start a new life...but still is seeking answers to her questions about God and the afterlife and desires to have a relationship and love. She meets a boy named David ...who is really a stalker, rapist, and she unfortunately learns the hard way about real love. Finally she decides to begin anew and the story ends there.
This novel is about a well loved girl who is raised by a Catholic Father and Jewish Mother. She believes in Angels and often prays and talks with God. Her Mother passes away from cancer when Laura is only 10 years old. By then Laura has already begun questioning the teachings from both religions. Laura's life changes dramatically and she feels lonley and isolated and drifts and lists badly. Her Father barely notices the dramatic changes in her.
Then Laura's Father is in a terriable accident when Laura is 18 yrs old and becomes a parapalegic. He convincces Laura to help him commit suicide. After his funeral, Laura moves across country to start a new life...but still is seeking answers to her questions about God and the afterlife and desires to have a relationship and love. She meets a boy named David ...who is really a stalker, rapist, and she unfortunately learns the hard way about real love. Finally she decides to begin anew and the story ends there.
July 8, 2008
OPENING LINE:
"When I woke up in the morning I thought I heard God, but it was only the old man sitting next to me on the Greyhound bus telling me we were there."
This is Kelly Dwyer's first novel. I found a wonderful hardcover in Iowa City, and had a coupon for 1/2 off, so I only paid $12.00. And I got it personally signed by the author, so that is very cool.
Summary:
Laura Newman flees her home in California, hoping to leave behind the sadness of her childhood. But as she tries to make a new start in Boston, Laura is haunted by painful memories. As she searches for her own personal and spiritual identity, she imagines into life an angel--world weary, with frayed wings and no easy answers--who helps to show her the way.
"When I woke up in the morning I thought I heard God, but it was only the old man sitting next to me on the Greyhound bus telling me we were there."
This is Kelly Dwyer's first novel. I found a wonderful hardcover in Iowa City, and had a coupon for 1/2 off, so I only paid $12.00. And I got it personally signed by the author, so that is very cool.
Summary:
Laura Newman flees her home in California, hoping to leave behind the sadness of her childhood. But as she tries to make a new start in Boston, Laura is haunted by painful memories. As she searches for her own personal and spiritual identity, she imagines into life an angel--world weary, with frayed wings and no easy answers--who helps to show her the way.
April 27, 2017
The Tracks of Angels by Kelly Dwyer (1995)
After her mother dies of cancer -- and her mother tried to find a cure for her cancer -- a young woman moves from California to Boston and works as a waitress and sees a dirty sort of angel who looks after her.
After her mother dies of cancer -- and her mother tried to find a cure for her cancer -- a young woman moves from California to Boston and works as a waitress and sees a dirty sort of angel who looks after her.
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