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The Christmas Promise (Christmas Hope Series #4) (edition 2007)

by Donna VanLiere (Author)

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Donna VanLiere's books movingly portray ordinary people reaching for more meaningful lives. In The Christmas Promise, she follows two seemingly separate individuals and shows how their lives intersect. Chaz McConnell realizes that his life is empty-and he's made it that way. He goes home every night to a bare apartment. For the first time in his life, he's working at a job that will last more than a few weeks, as security for Wilson's Department Store. Trying to reach out, he befriends 4-year-old Donovan, whose mother is part of the janitorial team at Wilson's. Gloria Bailey finds it easy to care for families in need but just can't seem to bridge the gap with her cantankerous neighbor, 60-something widow Miriam Lloyd Davies. When Miriam goes away for a week and a pipe bursts she comes home to a house under water. Gloria, in an act of kindness-or maybe insanity-invites Miriam to stay at her house until a hotel room becomes available. They eventually realize they have more in common than they ever thought. In this beautiful, deeply poignant novel, we are reminded that the past is never far behind and all of us are longing for a place to call home.
7 alternates | English | Primary description for language | score: 102
Taking what he hopes will be his first long-term job, lonely department store security officer Chaz McConnell reaches out to a four-year-old child, while Gloria Bailey, a charity worker who has taken in a single pregnant woman and a cantankerous senior, struggles with ensuing personality clashes.
1 alternate | English | score: 90
Each Christmas we are given a promise from heaven. And each year on earth we make promises to each other. This is a story about how a promise from one person to another shows us the true meaning of faith, remembrance, and love. Seven years ago Gloria endured a family tragedy that almost shook her faith entirely. Each Christmas she places a card in an envelope on her tree, restating a promise she made to her husband before he died. Now, having moved from her small town and all the painful memories it held, she is building a life by caring for people in need. Whether it's a young mother who can't pay her electric bill or a family who needs some extra food, Gloria always finds a way. Miriam is a thorn in Gloria's side. Miriam is a constantly critical, disapproving neighbor who looks with suspicion at all the good things Gloria does. When a twist of fate makes them roommates instead of neighbors, it's the ultimate test of patience and faith. Chaz has a good job as head of security at Wilson's Department Store, but each night he returns home to an empty apartment. He longs for a wife and family of his own but realizes that the life choices he's made have alienated him. He befriends a young boy whose mother has fallen on hard times, giving him a chance to have a life he thought impossible. In The Christmas Promise, the lives of these characters collide and we learn that even as we move ahead, the past is never far behind. And when we are forgiven much, we love much. In this warmly humorous and deeply poignant story, we are reminded that the Christmas Promise is the promise of second chances.
8 alternates | English | Description provided by Bowker | score: 12
Seven years after losing her husband and son, Gloria has built a new life for herself, caring for people in need, including a young mother, her cranky neighbor, and a single mother trying to protect herself and her son from an abusive boyfriend, and as the Christmas holiday approaches, Gloria wonders if she will have time to help herself heal the pains of her past.
English | Description provided by Bowker | score: 7
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. She works long hours as a waitress, but her job is in jeopardy because she's often late to work due to the unreliable teenage sitters she's forced to use ...
1 alternate | English | score: 5
Seven years ago Gloria endured a family tragedy that almost shook her faith entirely. Each Christmas she places a card in an envelope on her tree, restating a promise she made to her husband before he died. Now, having moved from her small town and all the painful memories it held, she is building a life by caring for people in need. Whether it's a young mother who can't pay her electric bill or a family who needs some extra food, Gloria always finds a way.
English | score: 3
Seven years ago Gloria endured a family tragedy that almost shook her faith entirely. Each Christmas she places a card in an envelope on her tree, restating a promise she made to her husband before he died. Now, having moved from her small town and all the painful memories it held, she is building a life by caring for people in need. Whether it's a young mother who can't pay her electric bill or a family who needs some extra food, Gloria always finds a way. Miriam is a thorn in Gloria's side. Miriam is a constantly critical, disapproving neighbor who looks with suspicion at all the good things Gloria does. When a twist of fate makes them roommates instead of neighbors, it's the ultimate test of patience and faith. Chaz has a good job as head of security at Wilson's Department Store, but each night he returns home to an empty apartment. He longs for a wife and family of his own but realizes that the life choices he's made have alienated him. He befriends a young boy whose mother has fallen on hard times, giving him a chance to have a life he thought impossible.
1 alternate | English | Description provided by Bowker | score: 3
From the author of the "New York Times" bestseller "The Christmas Shoes" comes the next inspiring novel in her Christmas Hope series: a deeply moving story about second chances and the power of love.
English | score: 2
Van Liere's seasonal confection (following The Christmas Hope) finds 60-year-old Gloria Bailey doing informal good works for needy cases seven years after her husband died, and her youngest son, Matthew, disappeared without a trace at age 17. With infinite good nature, Gloria fends off the complaints of her crabby widow neighbor, Miriam, annoyed by the constant riffraff at Gloria's house, while Gloria still sadly hopes that wayward Matthew will somehow return. Meanwhile, 24-year-old Chaz McConnell, a hard-luck drifter and drinker with a good heart, starts his Christmas season job as a security guard at the local department store and is reluctantly drawn into the lives of the people around him. Everyone changes for the better in this tidy fable.
English | Description provided by Bowker | score: 2
Chaz McConnell realizes that his life is empty--and he's made it that way. He goes home at night to an empty, bare apartment. Trying to reach out, he befriends four-year-old Donovan, whose mother has fallen on hard times. Gloria Bailey finds it easy to care for families in need and when she sees a single, pregnant woman in distress, with no place to live, Gloria provides her own home. Although their personalities remain night and day, they eventually realize they have more in common than they ever thought.
English | score: 2
Each Christmas we are given a promise from heaven. And each year on earth we make promises to each other. Thius is a story about how a promise from one person to another shows us the true meaning of faith, remembrance, and love.
English | score: 1
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.
English | score: 1
Gloria endured a family tragedy and is building a life by caring for people in need. Miriam is constantly critical and disapproving of all that Gloria does. Chaz has a good job, but is very lonely. The lives of these characters collide and their past is never far behind.
English | score: 1
The new inspiring novel in VanLieres perennially bestselling Christmas Hope series is a deeply moving story about second chances and the power of love. Unabridged. 5 CDs.
English | score: 1
This is a story about how a promise from one person to another shows us the true meaning of faith, remembrance, and love.Seven years ago Gloria endured a family tragedy that almost shook her faith entirely.
English | score: 1
The lives of three people, Gloria (a widow who cares for people in need), Miriam (Gloria's neighbor who looks with suspicion at all the good things Gloria does), and Chaz (who has a good job but returns home to an empty apartment each night), come together and form a collision.
English | score: 1
In The Christmas Promise, the lives of characters collide and we learn that even as we move ahead, the past is never far behind.
English | score: 1
The story about how a promise from one person to another shows us the true meaning of faith, remembrance and love.
English | score: 1
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Donna VanLiere's books movingly portray ordinary people reaching for more meaningful lives. In The Christmas Promise, she follows two seemingly separate individuals and shows how their lives intersect. Chaz McConnell realizes that his life is empty—and he's made it that way. But for the first time in his life, he's working at a stable job, as security for Wilson's Department Store. Trying to reach out, he befriends 4-year-old Donovan, whose mother is part of the janitorial team at Wilson's… Meanwhile, Gloria Bailey can't seem to bridge the gap with her cantankerous neighbor, widow Miriam Lloyd Davies. When a pipe bursts in Miriam's house. Gloria, in an act of kindness—or maybe insanity—invites Miriam to stay with her until a hotel room becomes available. These disparate souls eventually realize they have more in common than they ever thought.

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English | score: 1
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. She works long hours as a waitress, but her job is in jeopardy because she's often late to work due to the unreliable teenage sitters she's forced to use. When Christine saves the life of a woman who works in Wilson's department store, the owner of the store wants to thank her, but Christine has disappeared. He sets his grandson, Jason, to the task of finding the mysterious "Christy." Jason discovers that this new task gives him more than he bargains for.
English | Description provided by Bowker | score: 1
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