Angel Harp

by Michael Phillips
Hennepin County Library hardcover 440 pages
genre: Christian fiction

Fortyish widow goes to Scotland to find herself and play her harp. Gets involved with two men - a parson & a duke. Gains a saving faith.

Liked: her faith journey and coming to know the Lord.

Didn't like: the author's repetition and excessiveness in sharing all he knows about Scotland. This book needed an editor who owned a red pen and some courage! The tone of the book was just wrong, too. This is one male author who *cannot* successfully get into a woman's head.

Book Club discussion was good - largest group we've had yet!

Gwendolyn's illness was too mysterious (and convenient in a literary sense). The "romance" was just not there. The Scottish history was way too much!