Angels of the Flood

by Joanna Hines

Sunday, December 3, 2006

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This was a nice surprise. I picked it up at the library but wasn’t at all sure I’d like it. Which is one of the nice things about libraries. And I found I did like it a lot. The story is about Kate Holland who, as a teenager, goes to Florence to help clear up after the 1967 floods. Most of the story is told in backstory when Kate returns to Italy thirty years later. Most gripping throughout though I thought the ending was a bit weak and could have been more convincing. Nice to find a good new author, I feel like I’ve been lacking new people to read lately.