Julie’s Review: The Resurrection of Tess Blessing by Lesley Kagen

The Resurrection of Tess Blessing
written by Lesley Kagen
published by SparkPress, 2014

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Disclosure: I received a complimentary copy of this book in exchange  for an honest review.

Did I enjoy this book: Yes. I found myself rooting for Tess as she faced breast cancer and sought to put her life in order. The novel presented the possibility of guardian angels/invisible friends in a way that made you think. It was an easy read with a heartwarming ending.

Would I recommend it: Yes.

 

About the book – from Goodreads: After she’s diagnosed with breast cancer, forty-nine-year old Tess Blessing sets forth on a mission to complete her To-Do List before, what she’s sure is, her impending death. She needs to make peace with her estranged sister, Birdie, scatter her mother’s long-kept ashes, rescue her daughter, Haddie, from the grip of an eating disorder, guide her teenage son, Henry, through a bumpy adolescence, and reignite the spark in her almost thirty-year marriage to her husband, Will.

Tess is aided on her quest by narrator, Grace, who lends the story its most brilliant elements: subtle magical realism and deep psychological complexity. Is Grace an imaginary friend, guardian angel, or a part of Tess that knows better than she?

Award-winning, New York Times bestselling author, Lesley Kagen, has created an unforgettable, redemptive story that is by turns poignant, gritty, spiritually uplifting, and funny as hell.