Angel Fire

Angel Fire

A modern classic listed among the San Francisco Chronicle's 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century West!

ANGEL FIRE is a haunting tale of two brothers' separate odysseys of self-discovery. Twenty-four years after war correspondent Daniel McLeod is killed in a Viet Cong ambush, his only brother Cassidy is drawn by a mysterious caller to their Wyoming hometown, where he must confront a lifetime of his own ghosts. Their entangled stories are about equilibrium, the delicate balance between memory and the unknown, dislocation and homecoming ... loss and restoration.

Set against the deceptive simplicity of a small town on the high plains, ANGEL FIRE is a story of timeless rhythms. It resonates with the familiarity of tales told for millennia, but they appear anew here, as fresh as a Wyoming summer breeze.

USA TODAY
"[Franscell's] themes involve a fresh approach to our rural roots as a font for the elusive American spirit."

LIBRARY JOURNAL
"A beautiful novel of family love and loyalty set in Wyoming, Angel Fire focuses on Cassidy McLeod, writer and journalist from a long line of newspapermen, whose troubled life is finally reconciled through tragedy and loss. Cassidy's brother Daniel, reported killed in Vietnam while on assignment for the San Francisco Chronicle, is rescued and returned to home and family in 1995, haunted by ghosts of his life in Vietnam during the past 20 years. Guilt and love compel Cassidy to suspend his own life in San Francisco to care for his brother. The horror of war and its impact on those who have experienced it are vividly presented, tempered by Cassidy's memories of childhood and his adulation for an older brother and by Franscell's evocation of small-town life during the 1950s. Reminiscent of Robert Olin Butler, Franscell has a wonderful command of the English language and a writing style that cannot fail to capture the reader's imagination. Recommended."

DENVER POST
Tender prose ... a heart-wrenching story of love and loss and familial connections ... Using richly descriptive, flowing prose and artful plotting, Franscell has woven together the quite impact of childhood in a small town and the complexities of adulthood. In the challenges of Daniel and Cassidy McLeod, we see our our problems and looming self-doubt. In their triumphs, we envision hopes all our own."

MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW
"Angel Fire documents [Franscell] as an author with an immense ability for language and for storytelling. Highly recommended."

PUSHCART PRIZE-WINNER MELISSA PRITCHARD
"Dramatic, impressively crafted...an important novel of haunting and mythic proportions."

SAN BERNARDINO (CALIF.) SUN
"Angel Fire is a coming-of-age story without easy answers or pat solutions to life's explained â€” and more often unexplained â€” circumstances. ... It may be simply in its approach, but it is also complex â€” as all stories about the human condition should be. While Franscell easily and wonderfully paints the idyllic small-town picture, he also delves into the human psyche, a darker and more intimidating proposition."

BOULDER (COLO.) DAILY CAMERA
"Like Ray Bradbury's 'Dandelion Wine,' though in a much harder and less sentimental vein, 'Angel Fire' has a dreamy, intoxicating quality, full of wistful nostalgia and melancholy ... Franscell's Wyoming is as close to the real Wyoming as I've ever read. There's nothing like a native's-eye view to get an accurate picture of that enigmatic place."

AUTHOR WARREN ADLER ("WAR OF THE ROSES," "RANDOM HEARTS")
"Ron Franscell's achievement is to provide us with deep insights and understanding of the human condition rarely seen in contemporary novels."
Country USA
Manufacturer Laughing Owl / Berkley
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2010-01-04
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Laughing Owl / Berkley
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2010-01-04
Format	Kindle eBook

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