Product Description
Set in the slums of New Orleans, among clusters of crack houses and abandoned buildings, Dirty Little Angels is the story of sixteen year old Hailey Trosclair. When the Trosclair family suffers a string of financial hardships and a miscarriage, Hailey finds herself looking to God to save her family. When her prayers go unanswered, Hailey puts her faith in Moses Watkins, a failed preacher and ex-con. Fascinated by Moses's lopsided view of religion, Hailey, and her brother Cyrus, begin spending time down at an abandoned bank that Moses plans to convert into a drive-through church. Gradually, though, Moses's twisted religious beliefs become increasingly more violent, and Hailey and Cyrus soon find themselves trapped in a world of danger and fear from which there may be no escape.
My thoughts
Chris Tusa writes some descriptive narratives in his book, Dirty Little Angels. It is written from the point of view of Hailey, a sixteen year old poor girl from New Orleans. She talks us through her family life, her school life and what she does for fun. But this book is not fun. It deals with sex, murder, suicide, revenge and death. It also didn’t seem to have a plot. There is a lot of talk and then some action about two/thirds of the way through the book. I didn’t care about the characters or their situations, although Chris develops them very well. I believe that Chris has potential but this book didn’t fulfill me.
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