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Bezig met laden... The Christmas Wishdoor Richard Siddoway
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. 57700 The Christmas Wish by Richard Siddoway Will Martin is back to the town where his grandparents had raised him when his parents are killed. He's there to help the grandmother to settle the estate and he is given the journals, one written every Christmas eve....He recalls many happy holidays. She wants him to find out about the woman mentioned in the journals for over 27 years.... As life goes on they each learn all the things the grandfather had done for the others in town, whether it be money or a good word to further their education and all kinds of charity work done, with no recognition. The town is growing on him and he's getting pressure to go back to the city to his girlfriend...love that his handshake was good enough as a signed contract. Love how the ends are all tied as the last page is turned. I received this book from National Library Service for my BARD (Braille Audio Reading Device). This book actually brought tears to my eyes. Heartwarming story about a young man who returns home to run his grandfathers business for a while after its been left to him. While he is staying with his grandmother she reveals that there was another woman named Lillian mentioned in his grandfathers journals and all she wants for Christmai is to find out who she is. So Will begins the quest ti find Lillian. Will Martin returns to his home town to take over the real estate office of his grandfather after his death. It is the Christmas season and his grandmother after reading the journals her husband kept found out he visited a woman named Lillian every Christmas Eve. She wonders who Lillian is and how she is connected to her husband, Warren. She asks Will to find out out who Lillian is as his Christmas gift to her. In the process Will finds himself. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
2 cassettes / 3 hours Read by Neil Patrick Harris At the age of four, Will Martin lost his parents and went to live with his grandparents. The warm memories of life in a small town and the old-fashioned Christmas holidays he and his grandparents shared sustain him still as a young man making his way in the world. Years later, Will takes a leave of absence from his job in New York City to return home after his grandfather's death to help run the family real estate business. There he discovers something about his grandfather's past that shatters him and the memories of the life he so loved. At dinner one evening, his grandmother tells Will that she has been reading her husband's journals and learned that every Christmas Eve, when she and Will were out doing their traditional last-minute shopping, her husband was seeing a woman named Lillian. This year, his grandmother's Christmas wish is for Will to find out who Lillian is and why Will's grandfather, a seemingly devoted husband, saw Lillian every year for more than twenty-seven years and never mentioned her name. As Will struggles to salvage the family business and learn the truth about Lillian, he approaches a revelation that teaches him a lesson in the power of kindness, forgiveness, and love to uplift an entire community and touch each life within it. With an inspiring message wrapped in an irresistible mystery, this heartwarming Christmas tale will be cherished as a wonderful gift of the season by anyone who appreciates the magic of yuletide classics old and new. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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