Everything Affects Everyone

Do you believe in angels? When Xaviere is tasked with transcribing taped interviews her deceased friend Daphne left to her in her will, she begins to piece together the story of the photographer Irene Guernsey, a moderately well known but elusive photographer Daphne was interviewing. Irene's mysterious images captivate Xaviere as they had Daphne. Irene had never given interviews or talked about her work publicly, but near the end of her life, she reveals the magic hidden in plain sight in her mysterious and ethereal photographs and her attempt to capture angel wings on film. And once the angels appear, the reader is taken on a journey that spans decades and changes the lives of multiple women along the way. > is a novel about listening, about how women speak to one another, and about the power of the question. Shawna Lemay's writing makes the miraculous accessible and the mundane seem magical. I now know that angels walk among us. Some of them write among us too. Bella Heathcote (Pieces of Her, Relic)