Homespun Christmas: Hope for the Holidays/More Than Tinsel/The Last Christmas/Winter Sabbatical (Inspirational Christmas Romance Collection) - Softcover

Colleen L. Reece; Janelle Burnham Schneider; Birdie L. Etchison; Renee Demarco

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9781586605537: Homespun Christmas: Hope for the Holidays/More Than Tinsel/The Last Christmas/Winter Sabbatical (Inspirational Christmas Romance Collection)

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ISBN 10: 1586605534 ISBN 13: 9781586605537

Publisher: Barbour Publishing, Incorporated, 2002

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For the good citizens of Hope, Washington, the future appears hopeless- until a small boy's crazy idea for a Homespun Christmas begins to turn things around. A century earlier, when pastor Fergus McKay came as pioneer to the small logging village of Hope, he envisioned a place where couples could fall in love and grow old together in service to God and community. But over the years, the hope died - and all that remained was a village filled with despair. This Christmas, will the vision of that young minister find fulfillment at last? Can the Christmas wishes of one small boy ignite the fires of optimism in the citizens of Hope, Washington, once again? Enjoy the holiday season as it once was - and may be again - in a town called Hope. Discover a real Homespun Christmas.

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From the Author:

"Homespun Christmas" has its roots in the lives of my great-grandparents. They came to a small western Washington logging town in the early 1900s and built the first church, which Grandpa pastored for many years. Their story, tweaked and with names changed, became the perfect Prologue for the four related novellas that follow, starting 100 years later.

"Hope," Washington, should be celebrating its Centennial. Instead, they are desperately trying to save the town from dying . . . and they are determined not to let that happen.

I am not Sarah, the heroine. But she resides in my old home. She lives the life I enjoyed for thirty-four years. She walks the streets I knew so well, and cherishes friends and neighbors committed to helping one another, as I did.

Thomas Wolfe said, "You can't go home again." He was wrong. Any time I want to relive my years in "Hope," I only have to reread Homespun Christmas.

About the Author:

Colleen L. Reece is a writer who brings Christianity and family together in her books Joy to the World: A Treasury of Holiday Traditions, Stories, Prayers, Poetry, Recipes, and More and Apples for a Teacher: Lesson Plans for Life. Reece also writes romance fiction and was voted Favorite Heartsong Author in 1993 and 1994.

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