An Irish Christmas
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| Rating | : | 4.38 (873 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B002SB8NQ2 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 192 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-01-01 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
She just lost her husband, and her relationship with her young adult son Jamie is crumbling. The truth they discover there could fulfill both their dreams in a way neither ever thought possible. When he announces his plans to join the military, Colleen decides it's time for the two of them to take a trip together--to Ireland. Should she confess to him the secret that has been haunting her for twenty years? Jamie has a few secrets of his own. For Colleen, life is spinning out of control. An Irish Christmas is a captivating story of love, deception, and secret passions, from popular and prolific author Melody Carlson.
A short and predictable story Irish of Ticket to anywhere An Irish Christmas by Melody Carlson is a story that is told from two different points of view, that of the two main characters: Colleen Fitzgerald and her son Jaime. The story takes place in the early 1960s shortly after the loss of Colleen's husband.I was really excited about this book but found myself disappointed in it. I often felt that the dialog was a little forced. Especially when it came to inserting slag words from the day. The plot was also horrible predictabl. Not just for Christmas. A story of secrets and sharing. It is 1963 and Colleen Frederick's life is disintegrating. President John F. Kennedy has been assassinated, Hal, her husband of twenty-two years has died, and her relationship with her son, Jamie is deteriorating.Jamie wants to join the Air Force, something given the escalation of what would become the Vietnam War, Colleen passionately does not want, and Jamie isn't interested in the shoe business Hal wanted him to take over. Moreover, Jamie's vagueness about his college. "4 stars AK In the early sixties, a small family, recently shattered by the loss of a father and undergoing the transitional period of the son into adulthood, takes a journey to Ireland at Christmas time. Both the mother and son, Colleen and Jamie, take turns telling the story as they wrestle with inner demons and secrets they have kept from each other and that have kept them apart. Those secrets can either tear them apart forever, or bring them a touch of God's grace and hope, if t. stars" according to AK. In the early sixties, a small family, recently shattered by the loss of a father and undergoing the transitional period of the son into adulthood, takes a journey to Ireland at Christmas time. Both the mother and son, Colleen and Jamie, take turns telling the story as they wrestle with inner demons and secrets they have kept from each other and that have kept them apart. Those secrets can either tear them apart forever, or bring them a touch of God's grace and hope, if t
Melody Carlson is the bestselling author of more than 200 books, including The Christmas Bus and My Son, the Savior. . She lives with her husband in Sisters, Oregon
From the Inside Flap "I still faulted myself with the fact that I had never been over the moon for Hal. And I feared this shroud of guilt would follow me to my grave and perhaps even haunt me thereafter." . And with him gone now, I felt even more like a failure--a phony. Never equal to what Hal poured out over me. I'd been the best wife I knew how to be, and yet, in my mind, it was never enough