The Hope Chest
by Wanda E. Brunstetter
Published 2007 by Barbour Publishing
Paperback, English. ISBN: 9781597893015
Find this book in our catalog.
Jacket Notes:
Silas Swartley has been in love with Anna since they were children, but Anna's sister Rachel has loved Silas nearly as long. When Anna unexpectedly leaves the Amish faith, Rachel's hope is rekindled. She begins filling her hope chest as she initiates a campaign to win Silas's heart.
|
Fifth Seal
by Bodie Thoene
Published 2007 by Tyndale House Publishers
Paperback, English. ISBN: 9780842375191
Find this book in our catalog.
Jacket Notes:
"The little town of Nazareth is a long way from Jerusalem. But is anywhere in Judea safe from Herod's evil clutches?" Gossip swirls around the newlyweds Mary and Yosef. It is far too soon for her womb to carry the growing baby, neighbors say. Yet too much is at stake for Yosef to reveal the truth. He vows to protect Mary and the baby with his life, but how can he protect her heart from the barbs of betrayal? As beloved prophetess Hannah boldly foretells the coming of Israel's true King, King Herod plots her doom . . . and that of anyone else he believes challenges his throne. When a dying slave stumbles into Beth-lehem on a stormy night, shepherd Zadok and his wife, Rachel, wonder: Is her arrival guided by God or a trap set by the paranoid Herod? As Mary and Yosef set out on a perilous journey to Jerusalem, astronomer Melchior sees unusual activity in the stars. He's convinced something important will happen soon in Israel . . . and it will impact the world, for all eternity.
|
Gideon's Gift
by Karen Kingsbury
Published 2002 by Faithwords
Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780446531245
Find this book in our catalog.
Jacket Notes:
A little girl's gift to a homeless man forever changes both their lives and reminds them of the true meaning of Christmas.
REVIEW: Publisher's Weekly 09/30/2002
Kingsbury (A Treasury of Christmas Miracles) tugs at the heartstrings in her modern-day Christmas parable. A homeless man named Earl Badgett loses his last connection to his dead wife and daughter when a pair of red gloves are stolen from his makeshift shelter in Portland, Ore. In a seemingly unrelated incident, a terminally ill eight-year-old girl named Gideon Mercer tries to cheer up Badgett when she serves him dinner at a mission, but he cruelly rejects the girl, not knowing that she has leukemia. The determined Gideon convinces her father, a lumber mill worker who has been forced into poverty by a recent layoff, to buy a token gift for the homeless man after her cancer goes into remission, but when she approaches Badgett with the gift he refuses to open it and berates her for her na ve behavior. Gideon is heartbroken after this rejection, and her family is even more bereft when her cancer reappears and begins to advance. The girl's last hope for salvation is an expensive bone marrow transplant that her father can't afford, until Badgett finally makes an abrupt, generous turnaround. Kingsbury keeps her prose style economical and sleek throughout the narrative, and she steers clear of the temptation to get too sentimental, even when Badgett goes through his revelatory transformation. Parts of that transformation strain the bounds of credibility, but the authenticity of Kingsbury's holiday goodwill makes this a feel-good winner. (Oct. 10) Forecast: Kingsbury's reputation and an extensive advertising and marketing campaign should help this book and its inspirational message land in plenty of stockings this December.
|
