What a Christmas!Xulon Press, 2007 - 212 páginas There's a war going on, and Clementine Rose Miles has her eyes open. She's just ten, but nobody can size up the situation better than this future investigative reporter with her knack for vocabulary and fondness for coffee. Is the new hired hand a Nazi spy? Can the shootout with her twin cousins ground them for life? How long does the smell of strawberry Jell-O last on a wool skirt? Do mailboxes really talk? Will Christmas still come to the Miles family when there's a tragedy? Can anything else possibly go wrong? You bet! Whether it's helping Grandma churn butter, understanding her teen-impaired sister, approaching the unapproachable Mrs. McPugh, or praying for her uncle's unredeemed soul, Clementine stays on the case until it's solved. She tells a very grownup story with a child's humor and candor. In spite of one disaster after another befalling the Miles family, tears, love and laughter anchor them to their faith. And when everything comes to a crashing climax at the Christmas pageant, the whole town is saying, "What a Christmas!" B. R. Roberts is a grandmother of six who has been writing for her grandchildren since 1981. She recently compiled all her stories, poems and letters into a volume for them and this has fed her passion to write "What A Christmas!" It's a story which has been patiently waiting in her mind and wanting to be told for the past ten years. B. R. Roberts lives in Lynchburg, Virginia with her husband and two cats, and conveniently near her children and grandchildren. |
Contenido
Introduction | ix |
Hard Times Happy Times | 13 |
Familiarity Breeds Contentment | 17 |
Seasons Bleatings | 21 |
The Shootout | 25 |
Truth And Consequences | 31 |
The Hired Hand | 35 |
Investigative Reporter | 43 |
The Memorial Service | 97 |
Comfort Food | 105 |
Advent | 109 |
A Foregone Conclusion | 113 |
Some Surprises | 117 |
Counting Down To Christmas | 121 |
The Mad Dash | 127 |
Confronting Mrs McPugh | 135 |
Be Ye Thankful | 47 |
Aunt Hillies Disastrous Accident | 53 |
Healing Comes In Pans and Bottles | 55 |
Forgiveness Is Forever | 61 |
An Awful Discovery | 65 |
Friends Are Friends | 67 |
Another Job For Todd | 71 |
The Day The Bad News Came | 75 |
Dealing With The Unthinkable | 79 |
The Challenge | 85 |
Strange Dreams | 89 |
Mourning Comes To Birch Falls | 93 |
The Contraption Comes Off | 95 |
Mended Fences | 145 |
The Letter | 151 |
Healing Balm | 159 |
Todds Emergency | 163 |
Christmas Hopes | 167 |
Actually Decidedly Snow | 171 |
Our EndAll Pageant | 177 |
Christmas Day | 191 |
Todds Decision | 197 |
The Ever Afters | 203 |
Epilogue | 207 |
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