carol jackson

"Angel Unawares, a novel" is set in a TV news room in 1983. Crystal, a young woman video tape editor, gets fired. She is blackballed and can't get a job. She is depressed and has been drinking. She has sunk pretty low. One of the stations in the city has decided to expand the their news operation. They hire Lee, a TV veteran from another part of the country, to manage the ENG (electronic news gathering) department. Lee is an unusual man. He hires Crystal without knowing she was fired from her prior job. Crystal is always very uptight and afraid she will make a mistake. Later, when Lee finds out she was fired, he thinks she does a good job and doesn't care. He does things through out the rest of the story to encourage her.