Two constants exist in the life of Claudette. The first is a wooden angel given to her when she was a baby in France from a young man, one of her mother's lovers who also may have been her father. The other is the words of her maiden Aunt Claire who reminded Claudette, "It's all in a lifetime."
And indeed it isfor Wooden Angel gives us the story of Claudette from her early years in France to her later life in the United States as a widow and shopkeeper.
Journey with Claudette from France to the U.S. and decide if her life's story is a tragedy of being her mother's victim or a triumph of making her own choices.