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Binding: Audio CD
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9781427207654
Edition: Unabridged
Format: Audiobook, CD
ISBN: 1427207658
Label: Macmillan Audio
Manufacturer: Macmillan Audio
Number Of Items: 5
Publication Date: October 13, 2009
Publisher: Macmillan Audio
Release Date: October 13, 2009
Studio: Macmillan Audio
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When a struggling young single mother saves the life of an elderly woman, she sets into motion a series of events that will test her strength, loyalty, and determination, all the while setting her on the path to finding true love. Christine Eisley is the mother of seven-year-old Zach and five-year-old Haley. Her ex-husband provides little, if any, child support and makes life difficult for Christine by using the children as pawns. She works long hours as a waitress to make ends meet, but her job is in jeopardy because she’s often late to work due to the unreliable teenaged sitters she’s forced to use. When Christine saves the life of a woman who works in Wilson’s department store, the owner of Wilson’s wants to find her, to thank her, but Christine has disappeared, losing another job once again. He sets his grandson, Jason, to the task of finding the mysterious “Christy.” Jason, an accountant by trade who has lost his job to downsizing, thinks he is “above” working at Wilson’s. Soon, he discovers that this new task gives him more than he bargains for. The Christmas Secret is a novel for anyone who wants to see how love is a gift that keeps giving back; that hope is a treasure that never runs dry, and that faith is a miracle that is reborn with each new day.
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What a sweet, warm-hearted story for this time of the year. This is the first book I have read by Donna Van Lier and quite different from the books I usually read.The Christmas Secret was a pleasant surprise.
It is the story of Christine, a single mother struggling to keep her head above water enough to give her kids a nice Christmas. Things just don't seen to be going her way until an unexpected emergency changes everything. And it is also about Jason, who has decided to work at his grandfather's store over the holidays to make some much needed money since being laid of from his accounting job. He feels the job is beneath him but with the influence of his grandfather's goodness and the people he meets he finds something better than making lots of money.
The way the lives of these two characters and the others intertwine was believable and completely engaging. This was a hard book to put down. It was a quick, light read that made for perfect weekend reading.
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I have read alot of Christmas books over the years and this one really touches your heart. It brings you back to
the Christmas giving spirit. It's truely a great read!
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The Christmas Secret is a heartwarming story of a young mom, Christine struggling to make a happy life for herself and her two small children, Zach and Haley, overcoming all sorts of obstacles along the way the biggest being her irresponsible dead beat ex-husband!
Christine's ex is forever trying to make life hard on her by getting child services to keep tabs on her and always trying to get her into court for one thing or another but yet he pays no child support and screams when he cant have visitation.
A good deed done for an elderly lady passed out in Christine's driveway sets in motion a chain of events that changes her life forever!
I loved this book! A perfect read to get you warmed up for the holiday season!
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Single mother Christine Eisley is barely getting by. Her ex-husband doesn't pay his child support and she's losing her waitress job because finding child care sometimes makes her late. The final blow comes when a woman has a heart attack in front of Christine's house. By the time she gives CPR and summons an ambulance, Christine is late one time too many. Now she's on the verge of losing her house as well because she has been making only partial rent payments.
Jason has lost his job with a CPA firm and his grandfather summons him to work in his department store over the holidays. He's got a bit of a chip on his shoulder about having to work retail, but he's basically a good-hearted guy so he buckles down. When he meets a pretty waitress, he instantly falls for her, but for some reason she doesn't warm to him (she thinks he's a creep sent by her ex-husband). Jason and Christine begin a courtship filled with misunderstandings and wrong turns, yet one that seems fated to be.
Christine's new job is working for Grace, who is understanding of children and the problems they cause for working women. Grace helps Christine find child care and helps arrange that Christine's children will get at least something for Christmas. Still, every time she manages to have somet gift added to Christine's car, more complicated gifts and money show up as well. What is going on?
Author Donna VanLiere writes a heartwarming story of hope when all seems lost. Christine goes from being unemployed and single to happily employed and having a successful boyfriend who is willing to drop his career to stay in the same town as she does. Jason learns to appreciate people, learning that business is not about numbers, but about the human beings who make it complete. VanLiere's writing is engaging, and her depiction of Christine's problems with work, a non-paying ex, and rent all ring true.
Although THE CHRISTMAS SECRET is not marketed as an explicitly religious book, it will appeal primarily to Christians. The lecture Jason gets on making sure he calls it "Christmas" rather than "Holiday" might be offensive to non-Christian readers (as well as an unpleasant reminder of attempts to gain political points by criticizing those who don't celebrate the holidays in majority-approved ways). And the relationship between Jason and Christine really needs a bit of work for us readers to see it as more than a crush. After all, until the end of the book, Jason doesn't even know Christine's name.
If you're looking for something warm and cozy for the holiday season, and if you're comfortable with overtly Christian understandings of the world, THE CHRISTMAS SECRET might just be right for you.
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Read this in one sitting - loved it, as I did her previous books in this 'series.'
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