"A Moving Love Story"
Mikaela has an accident and bumps her head severely putting
her in a coma. Her family is devastated not knowing if she
will live or die. Liam, her husband of ten years, loves
her completely and feels so lucky to have married the
beautiful Mikaela. Her daughter, Jacey, age sixteen and
their son, Bret, age nine are anxious and try to stay
hopeful for their mother's recovery. Liam goes to the
hospital every day and talks incessantly to her, ever
hopeful of some response. Mikaela is the world to him. He
is such a wonderful husband and father, ever caring and
ever faithful. Liam knew that Mikaela had been married before but it was
something they had never discussed. He finds a pillowslip
filled with mementos of her previous life with the well-
known heartthrob, Julian True. He is filled with sadness
and fear but as a measure of his love, he contacts Julian
for help to bring his wife back to consciousness. Although we get to know the love and devotion that Liam
feels for his wife, we do not get to know the traumatized
Mikaela. We wonder if she really deserves the caring she
is receiving from her family. For three quarters of the
book, she lies in the hospital in a coma while her family
talks to her hoping to revive her. Julian is a handsome,
glamorous man who lives on the surface of life with no
depth in his personality. Liam is the opposite -- maybe not
so glamorous but a good provider and a true-blue husband
and father. Angel Falls is a very well written book but it did seem
that Mikaela was in a coma a bit over-long. I wanted to
know what made this woman tick and what she was really all
about. The obvious was to resent her feelings for the
shallow Julian when she had such a loving husband. The
last hundred pages are very touching as she finally comes
to the realization of her life. Angel Falls is a story of
a family that goes through a heart-wrenching trauma to find
love on the other side. Other books by Kristin Hannah are
ON MYSTIC LAKE and HOME AGAIN. These books are also moving
and enjoyable reads.
Reviewed by Marilyn Heyman
Posted July 31, 2001
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