When Angels Cry
Barry KuKes
Novella with a song soundtrack! Each chapter includes a song that is a reflection of the chapter.
In 1992, as her husband lies dying of AIDS, a woman is forced to confront the choices that shaped her life—and the love she never fully understood. Caryn Jennings spent years searching for a way to be seen.
Leaving behind a quiet life in Western New York, she arrives in New York City determined to reinvent herself. In a world where beauty opens doors and invisibility closes them, Caryn learns quickly that attention can be earned—even if it comes at a cost. By her early twenties, she is surviving through choices that blur the line between control and surrender.
Everything changes when she meets Davy—a struggling writer whose quiet intensity and unwavering belief in her offer something she has never known: the possibility of being truly understood. As his success grows, so does the complexity of their relationship. Love becomes ent