'When I died I became a guardian angel'. So begin the story of Margot Delacroix, reincarnated as the angel Ruth bound to watch over her own life. She helps the infant Margot into the world from her dying mother's womb, overdosed from heroin. She watches as Margot suffers years of terrible abuse punctured before finding a happier home, fighting the demons who threaten the life of her and those who would care for her. But she tries to protect Margot from making the decisions she made in her life, the unravelling of her marriage and the incarceration of her son for murder, she has difficult lessons to learn.
Jess-Cooke's vision is interesting, of a world in which every one of us has a guardian angel watching over us, that at times we can hear and be guided by if only we will listen, and of demons who guide us down the easy path to self destruction and terrible actions. At times not as well written as it could be, but a compelling plot and interesting idea. A good read.
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