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He Sees You When You're Sleeping (2001)

by Mary Higgins Clark, Carol Higgins Clark

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It wasn't my favorite Clark book, but a good story of redemption. A man has been waiting for years to enter heaven, and when he is finally call is told that he must prove himself and becomes an angle to a little girl to reunite her with her family. The title has always been a little creepy to me, but he story holds true. ( )
  midkid88 | Aug 6, 2012 |
He sees You When Your Sleeping is about Sterling who is not allowed to enter heaven. So he gets sent to earth to help Marissa get her father and grandmother back. They are in the witness protection program for knowing too much about a pair of brothers. A little predictable but not too bad. It is a little like the movie It's A Wonderful Life only not as good. ( )
  honeydew69862004 | Dec 18, 2010 |
This book is bout Sterling he is an "almost" angel or so he tell Marissa a little girl who is about to turn eight while her Dad and Nornor (her grandmother ) are in witness protection.
Sterling's job is just to help Marissa but in the he helps alot of people and earn his way into heaven for good and not just the hour on Christmas he was promised ( )
  dbhutch | Dec 5, 2010 |
Opening Sentence: "...There’s nothing worse than listening to the sounds of preparations for a party, knowing that you’re not invited..."

A really sweet ‘feel good’ story for Christmas. Sterling Brooks has been sitting in heavens’ waiting room for 46 years. It is almost Christmas and he wants to go on into heaven for his eternal reward. While he was alive Sterling was very selfish, because he wouldn’t commit to the woman he loved she ended up living without love and children after his unexpected death. In order to atone for this selfishness he has to go back to earth to help someone in real need. If he completes his task he will be allowed to walk through the gates of heaven in time for their Christmas celebration. ( )
  sally906 | Dec 8, 2008 |
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We dedicate this book to the victims of the September 11, 2001, tragedy, to the families and friends who loved them, and to the rescuers who risked their own lives to help them.
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There's nothing worse than listening to the sounds of preparations for a great party, knowing that you're not invited.
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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0743456866, Mass Market Paperback)

From the "Queen of Suspense," Mary Higgins Clark, and bestselling author Carol Higgins Clark -- the acclaimed mother/daughter duo -- comes this holiday treat, a heartwarming tale of redemption and love.

He Sees You When You're Sleeping

Sterling Brooks has been cooling his heels in the Celestial Waiting Room for forty-six years, waiting for admission to heaven. Finally, just days before Christmas, he's summoned before the Heavenly Council and found unworthy; throughout his life he had been hopelessly self-absorbed. To redeem himself, he is given the chance to go back to Earth and find someone to help.

At New York's Rockefeller Center skating rink, Sterling encounters Marissa, a heartbroken seven-year-old whose father and grandmother have been forced into the Witness Protection Program; they had overheard two gangsters hatch a sinister plot to collect money from a debtor. Able to travel through time and space, Sterling devises a master plan to reunite little Marissa with her family in time for Christmas. Along the way, he discovers within himself what it takes to earn his wings.

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"Meet Sterling Brooks. His was not an exemplary life - he was too self-absorbed to ever really think about anyone else or make a commitment to the woman he loved. On the other hand, he had endearing qualities. His actual misdeeds were few - his were sins of omission, not commission." "It is a few days before Christmas. For forty-six years Sterling has lingered in the celestial waiting room outside the heavenly gates, awaiting summons by the Heavenly Council. Will he be deemed fit for entrance into heaven? At last the day comes and the council settles on a test for Sterling - he will be sent back to earth and given an opportunity to prove his worthiness by helping someone else." "Sterling Brooks finds himself in Manhattan, at the skating rink in Rockefeller Center. Among the skaters is a heartbroken seven-year-old named Marissa, and as Sterling soon realizes, it is she he has been sent to help. Marissa's sadness comes from her separation from the father she adores, a talented young singer, and her sparkling grandmother, owner of a popular restaurant. Both have been forced into the Witness Protection Program because two mobsters, the Badgett brothers, have put a price on their heads to prevent their testifying against them in an arson case." "Sterling, able to move back and fourth in time and place, masterminds a plan to eliminate the threat from the Badgett brothers and reunite Marissa with her loved ones."--BOOK JACKET.… (more)

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