MBR: The Christmas Shelf
Midwest Book Review
A Christmas Ride
Edie Hand
Parkway Publishers
225 Ira Harmon Rd, Vilas, NC 28692
9781933251684, $11.95, www.parkwaypublishers.com
The bonds of family are a miracle unto themselves. "A Christmas Ride:
The Miracle of Lights: A Gift of Family" is a touching story about a
family who finds the true meaning of it all through a tree and the
lights that shine on Christmas Day. A story of family shattering and
reuniting, "A Christmas Ride" will give hope and show readers of the
true meanings of Christmas.
A Christmas Blizzard
Garrison Keillor, author and narrator
Highbridge Audio Books
201 Sixth Street SE, Suite 220, Minneapolis, MN 55414
www.highbridgeaudio.com 1-800-755-8532
9781598879278 $26.95, www.amazon.com
A Christmas Blizzard is the unabridged audiobook adaptation of radio
personality Garrison Keillor's earthy, down-home Midwest novel about
two people living in a 55th-floor ten-room apartment overlooking
Chicago. James Sparrow dreads the Christmas season, while Joyce
Sparrow eagerly anticipates it but is terribly sick with stomach flu.
A phone call from James' hometown sends him into the depths of a grand
blizzard to see his dying Uncle Earl for the last time. Stranded by
the storm, James must confront the pressure of difficult memories as
he survives in a fishing shack on the ice of Lake Winnesissebigosh.
Three figures teach him a little bit more about the enigma that is
life - a wolf, the Big-Hair Lady, and a Chinese wise man from the
Inner Sunset. It is at the darkest hour that he receives Mrs.
Sparrow's most beautiful Christmas gift, and his life will never be
the same. An endearing story, smoothly read by Keillor himself, that
wonderfully embodies the spirit of the Christmas season. Highly
recommended. 5 CDs, 5 hours.
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