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Angel Landing (1999)

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0425166848 (ISBN13: 9780425166840)
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Angel Landing (1999) - Plot & Excerpts

Good story. Kind of sad but redemptive. The story of the effects of psychological and physical abuse on a person's psyche and their ability to cope with life. This story was unique in that we see these effects on a male character as opposed to the usual portrait of a female abuse victim. Michael Finn has grown up being subjected to the physical and mental abuse of an alcoholic father who also suffered the same. They live in a town that houses a controversial nuclear power plant. Both Michael and his father Danny have worked at this plant. Michael causes an explosion at the plant that causes the plant to be shutdown. The incident becomes a political and controversial statement for the local activists although Michael has no political nor environmental interests. He confesses his guilt to Nathalie, the local agency social worker who happens to be dating the lead activist for Soft Skies. The book is no so much about the political statement about the dangers of nuclear power plants but rather the character development. To understand Michael Finn's past is to understand what brings him to this point in his life. In that respect, Hoffman does a great job in giving the reader the back story in small but relevant doses throughout the book. Good, quick read. Will definitely be reading more Alice Hoffman.

Alice Hoffman is my answer to summer reading. She has been lauded by Amy Tan as taking ordinary lives and making us see and feel extraordinary things.Jane Smiley of USA Today calls her one of our quirkiest and most interesting novelists.Angel Landing is about an explosion at a nuclear plant on the New York coast. Natalie is a therapist who doesn't have a lot of success and who does not get new cases. A colleague who seems very successful challenges her to take on new patients and when she does, he drops a huge bombshell in the first minutes of the first session. The information is incendiary-but, she is bound by professional confidentiality to keep his confessions to herself! Things are accelerating rapidly in Natalie's stalled life living with her Elderly Aunt in her old Victorian house.

What do You think about Angel Landing (1999)?

My first book initiation into Alice Hoffman's world was "Blue Diary"....I was in love with the way she wrote.....so I purchased "The River King" next.....and I was hooked for life....."The River King" has ended up being my number 1 favorite book of all time. I decided to find and purchase every Alice Hoffman book ever written.....hence I purchased this book to add to my collection. Alice has definitely refined and perfected her writing abilities over the years for if this had been the first book of hers that I would have read.....I can guarantee that I would not have seen the beauty in her writings and hence never have given her the chance to envelope me into her world of beautiful....engrossing fiction. This book has a pretty intriguing premise with an explosion at a nuclear plant and enviromentalism and a therapist trying to keep love alive while helping another find his life again. It was good reading.....and I didn't mind reading it.....I just like Alice's newer books better.
—Tracy Walters

I'm not sure if I wasn't crazy about this book because it just wasn't that good, or because it's Alice Hoffman, who is usually amazing and I always expect great things from her. This is the first Hoffman novel I haven't been totally in love with. I just did not understand the motivations behind the two main characters. One of them is basically a domestic terrorist, yet we are supposed to root for and be sympathetic to him. I am eager to read another Alice Hoffman to see if I will once again fall in love with her writing, or to see if there could possibly be two Hoffman duds.
—Brooke

I am an unabashed fan of Alice Hoffman and have been reading all of her books as I find the older books at used book stores and as the new ones come out. This is one of her first books. Michael Finn's story is the interesting tale and the character you root for as the novel progresses. Aunt Minnie is the second favorite character. They frame the story of Natalie, looking for real love against the story of a bombing of a nuclear plant. The beginnings of Hoffman's prowess as a story teller is evident in this satisfying story.
—Amy

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