![]() ![]() I had a spare hour before bed this week, so I thought I would settle in with a new book and then catch an early night. ![]() Based on a true story, Tongues of Angels is a canny, warm, and surprisingly spiritual novel for the times. Tongues of Angels provides a peek behind the curtain of the priesthood, offering a funny, poignant look at Catholic angst and ambiguity. Jessica and Rob are forced to make choices they don’t intend against the backdrop of a Greek chorus of gossiping priests and church politics riddled with suspicion and engaged in the battle for souls. Scandal erupts when Rob’s best friend, a priest with an artistic temperament and trials of his own, tries to hide how much he secretly loves Rob and fears Jessica. ![]() Justin Martyr, Rob faces the forbidden desire of his own heart when Jessica, a victim of a brutal assault, comes to him to seek counseling. Bound to the Church, he believed himself strong enough to make the sacrifice. Robert Souza, a blue-collar Portuguese boy raised by a poor widow, gave up marriage when he sat at his kitchen table and signed the application papers for the seminary. ![]()
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