Angelology

In that institution, celebrated for its angelic texts, lives Sister Evangeline, who prays, tends to library matters, and has become a creature of obedience and duty since her father brought her there when she was 12, two years after her mother's death. The scholar Verlaine seeks concrete evidence linking the convent to Abigail Rockefeller, and before you can say, I found this letter, the multilayered process of Evangeline's transformation has begun. The story takes flight in eminently readable fashion, effortlessly folding in technical information about things angelic and the religious life. It's hard not to enjoy the secrets unearthed and appreciate what wings are to the angels who secretly walk among usa symbol of their blood, their breeding, . . . their position in the community. Displaying them properly brought power and prestige. Powerfully entertaining.