Review: Heartwarming and funny
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 31, 2013
When the whole cast and orchestra for Pastor Steve's benefit pageant gets quarantined for measles the day of the concert, he's ready to pull the plug on the performance. This despite the fact they've sold 300 tickets and it's the shelter's main fund raiser of the year. What else can he do?But that's not what his shaggy-haired assistant Stanley thinks. "We've got everything we need right here. The residents. Yup. Yup. The residents can do it," Stanley insists.That would be the residents of the shelter--the grubby, often hung-over lot that Pastor Steve and Stanley end up recruiting at breakfast. And who of them would refuse such an opportunity to stay in the warmth of the shelter all day to rehearse, instead of needing to hit the streets till lunch?Marcia Laycock's An Unexpected Glory is the tale of Pastor Steve's frantic day of getting ready for the concert when everything goes wrong that possibly can. It's a short-story-length read full of humour, compassion, and never a dull moment. It will amuse and warm you, and may well prepare you to recognize the unexpected glories sure to invade your own hectic Christmas preparations