Alice - computer honcho and closeted dyke by day/swimmer in the lesbian sea of women by night - has been touched by an angel, but not the television variety. Phoebe is a different kind of angel in America, Alice's insolent guardian angel. And she wants to be human.
This was a really tough review to write, not because it’s a bad book. On the contrary, this is an interesting and entertaining little fantasy. I was surprised by how much I enjoyed it. The writing is pretty good for a first novel. It was tough because it’s such a short book. To describe the plot gives away a lot, that is, it can be a big spoiler. So I’ll do the best I can. The author hasn’t written much since this book, which is too bad. I felt that the imagination that went into this was great. It was nominated for a Lambda Literary Award in 1999, but it is currently out of print, as far as I’ve found.
A solid and quick beach read, but I was confused towards the end, and felt there was some unresolved plot-holes. I did love the interconnecting aspect of the stories within the book to the main characters.