4 out of 5 starsREMEMBERING CHRISTMAS is a delightful, feel-good, book that ushers in the spirit of Christmas.
Rick Denton is your typical success-driven businessman. He has distanced himself from his mother and the stepfather he refused to let into his life. But, when he receives a frantic phone call from his mother Thanksgiving weekend, he has no choice but to scrub his skiing plans and go back home. Though his heart is a bit calloused, he still loves his mother and hates to see her feeling so desperate. So, against his better judgment, he agrees to run the family bookstore while his stepfather’s recovery is a touch-and-go situation. When Andrea, a part time worker, shows him the ropes at The Book Nook, he decides his time in Seabreeze might not be so bad after all. If he could only get rid of the homeless man that continues to lurk around the store.
REMEMBERING CHRISTMAS seems a bit contradictory. While much of the book has the characters struggling with possible loss, rejection, sickness, homelessness, single-parenthood, financial woes, and emotional roller-coasters, you can’t help but have hope for each of the characters and where it is in their walk that the Lord meets them and fills their needs. Definitely a feel good book that is written with such richness, you can imagine the musty old bookstore, sense the draft in Andrea’s small apartment, and feel the smiles that fill the faces of those who love Rick and are so thankful for his new lease on life.
“Available September 2011 at your favorite bookseller from Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group.”
Book provided for review purposes.
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