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Ann, a New York City decorator returns to Charlestown, SC for her sister Sarah's Master's graduation. Sarah dies in an accident that evening and Ann is sucked into her circle of friends--of whom we really only meet 4, tho she is said to be well-loved by all who knew her. Ann is still hurting from their mother's abandonment as a young child. She is led by circumstances to a hidden letter her mother wrote saying she never knew Ann's father, and she apologizes for not being able to break free of her addiction, but left the girls with the grandma she knew would love them. That doesn't help open Ann's heart any, but the angel music she has been hearing since Sarah's death, and the comments of the neighbor boy with Down's Syndrome eventually lead her to believe in a caring God. She gets engaged to a friend of Sarah, refuses to trade sexual favors for a chance at a secure job in her field, and refers a good friend who has an ill daughter to a new job when their home agency closes down.
Pretty boring, and over the top with gushing neighborliness. Sometime I'd like to find a novel about angels which doesn't assume a christian focus. ( )

I read this book in part because it is a Women of Faith Novel of the Year. I was disappointed. Good storyline but the book ends abruptly. Not enough closure for me. ( )

This story was both sad and heartwarming at the same time. After Ann Fletcher loses her sister, Sarah in an accident, she begins to be haunted by a tune that she hears. As Ann readies Sarah's home, the home they both grew up in, to be sold she meets a carpenter, and her neighbors, Tammy and her son, Keith who has Down Syndrome. Keith draws pictures of Ann with angels in them. This disturbs her at first but then she begins to look forward to the pictures. Do the tune and the pictures have something to do with each other? Will she listen to the angels and open her heart to God? This story is lovely but it is a bit predictable. I didn't find that to be a bad thing. This book did cause me to think about angels and the role they may play in our lives. If you are a fan of christian fiction I think you will enjoy this book. ( )

Sister dies and the other sister heres angels singing as Sarah passes. Anne returns to her childhood home to clean up matters. She finds nosy and loving neighbors and a young man named Ethan. Anne struggles between returning to her childhood home or staying in New York. She continues to hear angels sing and one of the neighbor boys sees them at the same time. Anne tries to decide why she hears angels sing and what she will do with her live.
Haunting but good. ( )