Miracle Workers by Simon Rich
Welcome to Heaven, Inc., the grossly mismanaged corporation in the sky. For as long as anyone can remember, the founder and CEO (known in some circles as "God") has been phoning it in. Lately, he's been spending most of his time on the golf course. And when he does show up at work, it's not to resolve wars or end famines, but to Google himself and read what humans have been blogging about him.
When God decides to retire (to pursue his lifelong dream of opening an Asian Fusion restaurant), he also decides to destroy Earth. His employees take the news in stride, except for Craig and Eliza, two underpaid angels in the lowly Department of Miracles. Unlike their boss, Craig and Eliza love their jobs -- uncapping city fire hydrants on hot days, revealing lost keys in snow banks -- and they refuse to accept that earth is going under.
The angels manage to strike a deal with their boss. He'll call off his Armageddon, if they can solve their toughest miracle yet: getting the two most socially awkward humans on the planet to fall in love. With doomsday fast approaching, and the humans ignoring every chance for happiness thrown their way, Craig and Eliza must move heaven and earth to rescue them -- and the rest of us, too.
Carole Rich is a retired journalism professor who was the Atwood professor at the University of Alaska Anchorage before accepting a full-time position. She also worked for 16 years in the newspaper industry and served as chair of the journalism department at Hofstra University in New York for two years. She also taught journalism at the University of Kansas for 11 years. She worked as a reporter for the former PHILADELPHIA EVENING BULLETIN, the SUN-SENTINEL in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and the HARTFORD COURANT in Connecticut. Professor Rich has led many writing seminars for media groups, including a group of professional journalists in Spain, in addition to working as a visiting writing coach at newspapers around the United States. She is the author of a number of well-known media and reporting textbooks.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780316486361 |
| ISBN 10 | 0316486361 |
| Title | Miracle Workers |
| Author | Simon Rich |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Back Bay Books |
| Year published | 2019-01-29 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
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