Diary of an Angel Hunter
Diary of an Angel Hunter
Angels & spirit guides, Occult & supernatural, Visionary & metaphysical
Rural East Texas, 1968
Calvina ("Cal") Jean Prather is a 10-year-old precocious angel hunter living in Onward, Texas. She is blessed by birthright to be a "special purpose" child who can see the angels on Earth as they go about their celestial tasks. She lives with her mortician granddaddy in their combined house and funeral parlor. Cal's best friend is Moody, a child with social challenges. Enthralled by local legend, the duo secretly heads for the forbidden reaches of the Sabine River Bottom, where they witness a murder confession while playing an innocent game of Indian scouts. When the killers seek to silence Cal and Moody as witnesses, the children realize that they are tangled in a dangerous web. Cal must soon choose between her solemn oath not to call on the angels to intervene in Earthly matters, or risk the lives of those she loves. Only one angel can be summoned on such short notice who has the light and power to save her: Lucifer. Her gamble with the devil brings her to the jaws of death, and Onward to a reckoning with their own prejudices. Cal must choose between her promise, her loved ones, and her own place in eternity. The revelations reveal the circumstances of her mother's death, the origin of her powers, and who she can claim as her father.
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Told with a folk-hued spirituality, nearly from the off you can hear the narrator Calvina East’s lower South dialect, which adds a sumptuous, warmly layered feeling to the way the book is read within our heads. ~ Anne Carlini - Exclusive Magazine, https://annecarlini.com/ex_books.php?id=579
An ending that will bring tears of love, joy and hope to the hearts of all readers as Calvinia decides her choice and the world needs more Angels on Earth and in the Heavens to come down to protect and remind us of love, life, honesty and hope. The author brings these themes and one more: the loyalty of one special angel on Earth. ~ Fran Lewis - Just Reviews, https://tillie49.wordpress.com/2023/11/09/a-shortage-of-angels-2/
A Shortage of Angels is an unusual story that blends a folksy aesthetic with a more pointed reflection on spirituality, as members of a Southern community cross paths with angels in their midst. Pickle attempts to capture narrator Cal's East Texas drawl and sometimes morbid sense of humor as she grapples with and comes to accept her haunting powers. Calvina (Cal) is perceptive to small details in the world around her and often in awe at the appearance of the angels. The dialect shines most when describing members of the community and their dynamics. ~ Booklife Prize, www.booklife.com
I hope Penny's book doesn't have anything to do with religion or politics, because we don't agree on either. ~ Carolyn Pickle, Penny's mother
