Some believed he was the second coming of Christ.
William wasn’t so sure.
But when that drifter was buried next to the family distillery, everything changed.
Now that Prohibition has ended, what the townspeople of Twisted Tree, Kentucky, need most is the revival of the Old Sam Bourbon distillery. But William McFee knows it’ll take a miracle to convince his father, Barley, to once more fill his family’s aging house with barrels full of bourbon.
When a drifter recently buried near the distillery begins to draw crowds of pilgrims, the McFees are dubious. Yet miracles seem to come to those who once interacted with the deceased and to those now praying at his grave. As people descend on the town to visit the “Potter’s Field Christ,” William seeks to find the connection between the tragic death of his younger brother and the mysterious drifter.
But as news spreads about the miracles at the potter’s field, the publicity threatens to bring the depth of Barley’s secret past to light and put the entire McFee family in jeopardy.
The Angels’ Share is a story of fathers and sons, of young romance, of revenge and redemption, and of the mystery of miracles.
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Summary
Book Title: The Angels' Share
Book Author: James Markert
What do you like about this book:
"Some bruises take longer to surface, . . . . .and some are so deep they never come up."
Death changed William McFee's family. His grandfather, the brew master of their infamous Old Sam Bourbon distillery, hung himself with the onset of the Prohibition. Further tragedy occurred when William's four year old brother died in a head-on collision, he was a passenger in the car that his father Barley was driving. After the loss of young Henry, the McFee family became a mere shadow of its former self.
Twisted Tree, Kentucky never regained economic independence after the loss of Old Sam Bourbon, but the residents never lost hope, especially after government sanctions were lifted, that new life would inhabit the hallowed walls of the old distillery, still fragrant with the vapors of the "angels share". They just never imagined that an unknown vagrant, buried in an adjacent potter's field, would bring forth such a miracle.
"The Angels' Share" is filled with calculated tales of brutality among gangsters, a father's attempts to put his past to rest, and a young man's vision to carry on a family legacy with courage and determination. And it's a story brewed with mysteries, the miraculous circumstances that surrounded a man who remained dead throughout the entire story, yet lived in the hearts of his friends. Without a doubt, it's also a really good story.
I received a copy of this book from the publisher. The opinions stated are entirely my own.
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