The Unfinished Angel (2009) by Sharon Creech
An angel lives in a tower of a small Swiss village. The angel is not what we might think of as an ordinary angel, but instead is almost human in her (or his?) uncertainties, frustrations, and curiosities.
This book is told from the angel’s point of view in broken English. For such a small, simple village, there are, like anywhere else, all the noises and squabblings and tragedies and miracles of daily life.
A wonderful, quick read by one of my new favorite authors, Sharon Creech. The last lines of this book ring through my head and give me peace.
The Unfinished Angel (2009)
Quotes:
“An angel does not need a bed, but sometimes I think the bed needs an angel.” ~from My Tower
“Listen. You hear any ticking? No. You hear just the world being the world. You see any clocks in the sky? You see calendars on the trees?” ~from What is Time?
“Behold the sky, pinking with morning. Behold the soft white moon going to sleep now. Behold the blue mountains, so tall, all around us, with the white snow far up on the tops. Behold the green trees and the yellowy stone houses and the rock paths terracing up the mountainsides. Take a big bulp (sic) of air. Ahhh.” ~from Paradise
“Sometimes a people needs an angel and sometimes an angel needs a people.” ~from What the Angel Knows
“Sometimes old peoples need young peoples and young peoples need old peoples.” ~from What the Angel Knows