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Angels of Destruction

Angels of Destruction is the mesmerising story of Norah, a nine-year-old girl who seems to materialise out of thin air when she arrives one bitterly cold night on the doorstep of Margaret Quinn. A widow who lives alone, Margaret has never got over the loss of her own child, a runaway called Erica who fled with her high school sweetheart, Wiley, to join a '60s-style band of West Coast revolutionaries known as Angels of Destruction.

Norah becomes Margaret's secret, a child possessed of magical qualities. But who is she really? And what is her purpose here? And what is this strange child's connection to Margaret's missing daughter?

Marvelous... Beautiful and wrenching

The Washington Post

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  • Imprint: Vintage
  • ISBN: 9780099526773
  • Length: 368 pages
  • Dimensions: 197mm x 23mm x 130mm
  • Weight: 270g
  • Price: £7.99
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