Terry Wolverton


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  • Importance of providing a moral dilemma for protagonist
  • How personal experience in a spiritual community influenced the story
  • Magical realism - setting in Mexico influenced situations in the novel
  • Unrecognized same-sex marriage and issues that surround it

Terry Wolverton is author of nine books, including her most recent novel, Stealing Angel, and the 2009 novel, The Labrys Reunion. Terry has taught creative writing for over three decades; in 1997, she founded Writers at Work, a center for creative writing in Los Angeles, where she teaches fiction, creative nonfiction and poetry. She is also an Associate Faculty Mentor for the MFA Writing Program at Antioch University Los Angeles. In addition, she is also a certified instructor of Kundalini Yoga.

Stealing Angel

Terry Wolverton
Spinsters Ink (2011)
ISBN 9781935226451
Reviewed by Paige Lovitt for Reader Views (7/11)

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Synopsis: Maggie Seaver is attempting to make peace with losing custody of her daughter, Angel, in the wake of a break-up with the girl’s biological mother, Yoli. But when she receives evidence that Angel has been abused, Maggie kidnaps the child, drives across the border into Baja, and ends up in a spiritual commune outside the southern Baja town of Todos Santos.

During the long drive down the Baja penninsula, and especially during her sojourn in the spiritual community of the Light Beings, Maggie must contend not only with the fear of being apprehended by the police, but also question the degree to which her actions are fueled by concern for her daughter or by the desire for revenge against Yoli. The ailing spiritual leader of the community provides lessons in forgiveness and redemption that will affect a profound change in each of the characters.