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The Fool and the Magician: A Memoir of Love Told in Tarot Readings by [Angela Lam]

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On the cusp of forty, Angela Lam consults with a tarot reader for career advice and receives the following prediction: she will find a new job and, while there, she will meet a man who will heal her heart. Already married with children, Angela tells her husband who is unconcerned about what the cards reveal. But when the prediction threatens to manifest, will Angela’s family fall apart?

This true story will inspire you to reexamine the definitions of midlife crisis and spiritual awakening as well as challenge the roles of fate and free will in your life.

Longlisted for the 2022 Memoir Magazine Book Award for "a powerful depiction of the transformational power of memoir. The narrator’s compelling voice carried us through the piece."

Advance Praise for The Fool and the Magician:

Lam’s memoir uniquely blends an exploration of love, relationships, mental health, with the more mystical and magical original elements. Her vulnerability and nuanced emotional states allow readers to truly connect to her profound and intimate story.

—Publishers Weekly The BookLife Prize

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B09TQ6G387
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Gross Productions (April 1, 2022)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 1, 2022
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 4654 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 278 pages

Best Sellers Rank: #1,725,343 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #4,478 in Marriage & Long-Term Relationships
- #8,245 in Biographies & Memoirs of Women
- #12,791 in Marriage

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Angela Lam, formerly Angela Lam Turpin, is the author of the WOMEN OF THE CRUSH series. Her other contemporary romances include FRIENDS FIRST, THE DIVORCE PLANNER, and LEGS. OUT OF BALANCE won the Editor's Choice award for literary excellence and was a finalist in the Indie Excellence Awards for Chick-Lit. The short story, "Lips," was nominated for the Pushcart Prize and is included in the short story collection, THE HUMAN ACT AND OTHER STORIES. RED EGGS AND GOOD LUCK, a memoir about growing up Chinese American, won both the Mary Tanenbaum Literary Award for creative nonfiction and She Writes Press Memoir Discovery contest. Lam is an alumna of Hedgebrook and a former writer-in-residence at Vermont Studio Center. She currently teaches at Gotham Writers' Workshop. Visit her website at www.angelalamturpin.com.

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Divorce Is Complicated

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 1, 2022

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I read this book for a number of reasons. The cover drew me in, the author is known to me and I love Tarot. What I was blown away by is that this is a book of candor. The whitewashing of divorce, which simplifies the mess, was tossed aside here to show how we literally delve inside and outside of our normal feelings and behaviors as marriages are falling aside. Having had my own mess and having turned to crafts, tarot and friends during this time, I resonated deeply with this book. Angela, in this second memoir, reminds us that we are all made up of dreams and desires that can lead us to make choices and act in ways that bust our image of ourselves. Once those moments occur, we are blessed with more knowledge of who we really are, coming out of the daydream of routine. Finally, as someone who LOVES Tarot, I enjoyed the connection to the cards and how they told the story of the divorce. Loved this book, I highly recommend it!

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Noir vibe ... My pleasure

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 2, 2022

Did I just read a memoir or women's fiction. The book is classified as both. The Tarot card portion concerned me and the title intrigued me.

The story is written beautifully. When I finished I was satisfied and wanted to read it again. This is a love story that spans years. While the Tarot readings are done, the decision-making processes and outcomes can be the same with or without the cards.

I would love to have an audiobook experience with this story. Anna Massey comes to my mind as the narrator.

The book has a noir vibe. I appreciated the ending, I accepted and totally understood it.

Thank you NetGalley and Backlit PR for accepting my request to read and review The Fool and the Magician. It was my pleasure.

I had the E-book and one day should I run across the physical book, I will proudly place it on my one shelf only keep books.

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Very sad for me

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 2, 2022

I really wanted to love this book because I love anything related to Tarot cards, and the fact it is a Memoir made it even more appealing, so this was one of the main reasons I wanted to read this book. But I had a hard time getting immersed in the story, but from the very first pages, I was struggling to like what was happening.

It is not about the way it was written or any of that is only because I couldn't digest to read how the main characters were living separate lives as if they weren't married or didn't have any compromise at all.

Without giving too much away I felt very anxious with every page because the characters weren't even trying to fix their marriage they were more immersed in destroying what they had even if that was somehow subconscious. I know this is a true story and is hard for me to rate someone's experience but it was somehow painful to read what the author went true.

The constant silence and regrets, the constant not saying what they want or meant also really was deterring. There was a sad feeling at all times that permeate the whole book. I know not everybody has a happy ending but I felt the main character would have had a better opportunity if they had better communication in the first place.

Overall it was a good book but somehow something struck a nerve in me that made me feel sad to read this story

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