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Angels Along the Way

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Della Reese's delightful rendering of her life and the people in it (her angels along the way) was a reality check for me. Her appreciation of those in her life who weren't so wonderful to her, but from whom she learned important lessons, put a healthy perspective back in my life. We must be open to realizing this. Now, each person who comes into my life is an angel for me...even if it is not a "touched by an angel," picture perfect relationship. It makes life a whole lot easier and pleasant. Besides the lesson I learned from Miss Reese, it was a fun book to read. Having watched many episodes of "Touched By An Angel," as I read the book I could hear and picture Miss Reese telling her story. This is a must for any "Touched By an Angel" fan.

This is a very interesting book, that makes you want to keep reading and reading. It focuses mainly on her early years and how she started in the music business, then onto her role as an actor, teacher and preacher. The stories of her life make you feel as though you know her on a more personal level. She speaks in very plain language so it is easy to understand what she is saying. Many people can relate to different parts of her life. You would have never expected some of the things that she has gone though. She has been though many ups and downs in her life and is not afraid to discuss them. She is very open and honest and I applaud her for that. This was very informative. This has made me want to read more biographies of other famous people.

Della Reese is like a streetcar to ecstatic experience. She knows the way to abundance consciousness and she will stop at whatever stop you need to get you there, because it's on her route. This is no airy fairy lady. She tells it totally like it is in this earthy, raw, absolutely beautiful and hilarious tale of her life adventure from Detroit's "Black Bottom" slums to the hills of Bel Air.

If you have ever felt excluded or ridiculed, had a jones for the wrong person or the wrong lifestyle, suffered a broken heart or known there was something great in you, no matter what anyone had to say about it, her words will pick you up and put you right on the trolley!

Like her early mentor, Mahalia Jackson, she fills herself with God-Essence and breathes it out sweetly and powerfully, right to your center, taking you on a trip to exactly the place she wants for you, which is home. Where you are comfortable in your own body and where you know that you are loved.

So, I guess that makes her an "angel", her loving word for people who appear with exactly what you need when you need it, like Nat King Cole, Ed Sullivan and many others did for her. In reading her account, it naturally makes you more aware of how people in your life serve as angels, even when you aren't aware of it at the time.

I first Della's voice when I was a hurtin' little kid, hanging on for dear life, literally, seeking solace in in art and music.
Her jazz voice got me and got me good. Her author's voice, like her voice in gospel, blues, "pop", TV and ministry, it is a voice that tells you of the WHOLE journey from despair to full-out happiness. And that telling causes resonance, so you can feel it, remember it and find your own way to it.

Read this juicy, juicy book! "Period. The end."

This book is wonderful! I love Touched by an Angel, and am a big fan of Della's (Have to buy some of her music someday!) This book really captures Della's effervescent, full-of-life, no-nonsense style. It reads just as if Della was sitting right there in your living room talking right to you. It is full of amazing stories and straight talk about her ups and downs professionally and personally, and the one thing that shines through so very clearly is her powerful and strong faith in God and how He and the human "angels" in her life have brought her through. You really feel you get to know her--her personality sparkles in every chapter. I loved this book.

This was a very uplifting book. Della clearly loved and respected her mother but I wondered throughout the book, why Della's mother would give up custody of her four children from previous marriages. They all may have had different paths in life if they had been raised by this woman! How sad.

I really enjoyed the book and I learned how extraordinary this woman is. She is a treasure and the book is entertaining as well as thought provoking.

Della's story is truly a testimony. Her life is a reflection of good laughs, being always protected, and truly amazing.

Della Reese, one of the stars of the hit TV series, Touched By an Angel, has written a delightful and inspiring book about her life and how her "angels" helped along the way.

I thought this was a very inspirational book on her life and her work. It was interesting to read about how various people or "angels" entered her life at the right moment to help her along her journey of life.

It helped me to stop and think for a bit about my own life, and how various "angels" come along and help me pursue my dream.

This book is a must-read, not only for Ms. Reese's fans, but for anyone who is looking for a role model or inspriational person.

The book is very easy to read and can get the reader engrossed pretty quickly.

Della Reese's voice has always inspired me. Her new book is filled with funny (and not so funny) stories about her life, told with her own special touch. I can't put it down! She talks about the problems had when she was growing up in a realistic way, rather than blaming anyone for the way it was back then. Thank goodness, times have changed!! She says in the beginning that this book will change the way you see things. It has done that for me and helped me see a different way of viewing people and situations. Her story is an inspiration for everyone -- regardless of color or belief. My favorite quote from the book: "If you can dream it, you can do it!"

I was led to read this book about Della because my husband and mother always spoke of how Della sang in the Paradise club in Idelwild, Michigan. My mother-in-law spoke of knowing Daddy Braggs and I was curious about how she would relate to or even mention those days. Upon reading her book I find those were some very important times in her life. I have always had a great respect for Della but I was able to piece those stories together and really appreciate a truly great lady. She struggled as so many others who had gone on before her and she was able to over come innumerable odds to arrive at the pennacle of her great success. After reading her book I was able to look back at the Angels in my life and praise God for every one of them. God bless Della and continued success with Touched by an Angel.