Angels and Ministers of Grace Defend Us: A contemporary, serio-comic look at the nature of guilt, grief and people’s responsibilities to one another. On the anniversary of a tragic event and facing an uncertain future, Miriam is driven to untangle her disastrously eccentric family's complicated problems. Her sister, Arletta, has been making angels for seven years and now they're threatening to take over the house. Brother Jimmy Ray's freeloading jeopardizes the family's financial stability and Miriam's ex-husband can't make up his mind. Does he really want the sisters to sell the family farm or does he want to move back to it? Current crises become inextricably woven with a seven-year old tragedy as buried secrets surface, sibling rivalry takes a back seat to sibling unity, and Miriam learns what real angels are.