Phoebe is Alice's insolent guardian angel. By day Alice is a computer honcho and by night a surfer of the sea of women. When the two halves of her life split open, angel Phoebe appears in the fissure... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Wonderful novel! The intertwined stories kept me from putting the book down. My favorite characters were the artist who made scenes in boxes, and the working class millworker but the entire novel is full of surprises and thoroughly entertaining.
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Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
I can see where the previous reviewers had problems with Brownrigg's style. It could've definitely been elaborated upon in places, but I found her magical-realism style rather invigorating. The book of entwined stories, for me, was about trying to let go and find one's creative self again, as well as finding love. It reminded me in places of Persimmon Blackbridge's "Prozac Highway" and Erika Lopez's "Flaming Iguanas".
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