The Mercy of Thin Air
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Written by Ronlyn Domingue.
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New Orleans, 1920s. Raziela Nolan is in the throes of a magnificent love affair when she dies in a tragic accident. In an instant, she leaves behind her one true love and her dream of becoming a doctor -- but somehow, she still remains. Immediately after her death, Razi chooses to stay between -- a realm that exists after life and before whatever lies beyond it.From this remarkable vantage point, Razi narrates the stories of her lost love, Andrew, and the relationship of Amy and Scott, a couple whose house she haunts almost seventy-five years later. The Mercy of Thin Air entwines these two fateful and redemptive love stories that echo across three generations. From ambitious, forward-thinking Razi, who illegally slips birth control guides into library books; to hip Web designer Amy, who begins to fall off the edge of grief; to Eugenia, caught between since the Civil War, the characters in this wondrous novel sing with life. Evoking the power of love, memory, and time, The Mercy of Thin Air culminates in a startling finish that will leave readers breathless.
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S Healey thinks this book is Worth Reading.
A spiritual / metaphysical love story.
In a story set in modern times, a ghost named Raziela from the 1920's searches and pines for her earthly lover.She recounts her life as a young woman in the 20's with its struggles for suffrage, birth control, and other women's issues, and her undying love for Andrew, her soul match.
In the meantime, the ghost inhabits the home of a loving young couple with sudden marital problems. This couple has the opposite problem - the woman is pining for her dead fiancee and it is affecting her relationship with her husband to a severe extent.
Razi helps this couple heal and in the end, heals herself.