One year ago on Christmas Eve, William died.
For Emma, the hit-and-run driver killed more than her husband - he killed her joy in life itself.
Now, as Christmas again approaches, Emma Jensen finds herself sinking into a depression that nothing can breach; not her job, not her love for her children, and certainly not the season!
Money is tight, emotions taut, and those realities are magnified tenfold by knowing that this year Christmas will be a meager, empty, and painful experience. Only six-year-old McKenna believes in miracles and the magic of Christmas. The rest of the family knows that Christmas can never be the same.
But when a mysterious package and an ornate letter arrive on the doorstep, things begin to change.
Each day, a package and a letter signed “Santa” arrive for the family, and together they come to understand that the joy of Christmas does not have to be lost forever and that God’s love can heal any wound,…no matter how deep.
The Santa Letters will take the Jensens on a journey through a Christmas experience that will have the power to heal them all.
I sat out on my balcony, book in hand, and cried like a fool for the whole neighborhood to see. I couldn’t put it down until I finished, partly because I’m just that way, and partly because I was almost as anxious as the family in the story to see what the next Santa Letter would say.
I would love to say more, but I have a firm policy against posting spoilers. And I can’t say what I would like to without giving the letters away. What I will say is this; the lessons in the letters are appropriate for any family, and the Santa Letters is a great read for the holiday season, or any other time of year!
Cynical note: To those of us who have a tendency to proof and edit everything we read, don’t let the first chapter put you off. It does start off a little slow, but more than makes up for it by the end.
The Santa Letters
Stacy Gooch-Anderson
Published by Sweetwater Books
ISBN: 978-1-59955-145-6
Now Available on Amazon.com
2 comments:
Wendy,
Thank you for taking the time to be on this tour and for sharing your thoughts on this little story. It means the world to me!
All my best!
Stacy
This sounds like an incredible book (and I was gonna say that even before I saw the author's comment).
Sometimes emotionally powerful things intidate me, though. I mean, whatever would I do if I were to be seen with some sort of teardrop rolling down my cheek? I'd be the laughing-stock of the ultimate-fighting pit.
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