New Year ~ New Books ... in fact, 55 new books! Since I am turning 55 this year I have been thinking of 55 things I could do, and one thing that will hopefully be easy is to read 55 books. So here we start with our first one!
From the bestselling author of If I Were You comes a nostalgic and endearing holiday story that reminds us that sometimes the most meaningful gifts are the ones we least expect and don’t deserve. Best friends Audrey Barrett and Eve Dawson are looking forward to celebrating Christmas in postwar America, thrilled at the prospect of starting new traditions with their five-year-old sons. But when the 1951 Sears Christmas Wish Book arrives and the boys start obsessing over every toy in it, Audrey and Eve realize they must first teach them the true significance of the holiday. They begin by helping Bobby and Harry plan gifts of encouragement and service for those in their community, starting by walking an elderly neighbor’s yellow Lab—since a dog topped the boys’ wish list for Santa. In the charming tale that follows, Audrey and Eve are surprised to find their own hearts healing from the tragedies of war and opening to the possibility of forgiveness and new love. (Description and photo from Amazon)
I was quite honestly all over the place with this book. At first I thought it was cheesy, then I really got into it, then the end just BOOM! dropped me like a dead mike. I'll be curious as to how the my Book Club Buddies felt about it.
Book Count : 1/55
Happy Reading!
:)
Melissa