Angels Along the Way

by Della Reese, Mim Eichler, Mimi Eichler

Book Overview

The inspiring autobiography of the beloved singer and star of the hit television series "Touched by an Angel". In this upbeat, joyful book, Della Reese leaves readers with a belief in the human... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0399143424
• ISBN13: 9780399143427
• Release Date: October 1997
• Publisher: Putnam Adult
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Inspiration Station, Spellbound Express

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."

Up Close & Personal--Della Tells About Marvelous, Crazy Life

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.

Though it all, she made it!

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.

Each one of us is somebody else's angel.

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.

interesting reading, very little about Touched By An Angel

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.