The Christmas Key
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Book Overview
After a recent divorce, Joanie Williams struggles to get her life back in order, but working in a nursery full-time while raising her two daughters, Natalie and Amelia, isn't as easy as it seemed. One daughter is flunking three subjects, and the other is riddled with tattoos. Already late for her Suddenly Single support group two nights before Christmas, Joanie rushes to the church only to run into her ex-husband, Mitchell, who claims to be there to meet Pastor Frank. But as they try to leave, the door is stuck, and the lock won't budge. With escape on the mind, from the building and each other, Joanie and Mitchell scavenge for a way out, but what they find is a key to emotions that have been locked away and ignored too long. Back at home, Natalie is reprimanding Amelia for allowing her boyfriend to come over when no one else is home when suddenly the doorbell rings...and Pastor Frank is on the other side. Forced to entertain Pastor Frank while Amelia and her boyfriend hide, Natalie discovers that she can't hold her family together herself, and Amelia realizes that she can't afford to let her.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0803497431
ISBN13:9780803497436
Release Date:October 2005
Publisher:Montlake Romance
Length:186 Pages
Weight:0.70 lbs.
Customer Reviews
3 ratings
heart warming reading
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
a great story of family, love and unusual circumstances. Easy to read - hard to put down.
The perfect holiday book guarenteed to enchant
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 19 years ago
This book was great!!! I give it 5 stars and a double thumbs up! The Christmas Key is a heartwarming story of how a family that is falling apart comes back together again.... Just in time for the holiday season. I know you'll enjoy it.
Just By Chance....
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 19 years ago
A recently divorced couple in their 40's are accidently locked in a church two nights before Christmas. Joanie and Mitch,the couple,have two teenage daughters. Natalie,17,an honor student,is suddenly failing in school. Amy,l5,a rebel,is prone to body-piercing and multi-chromatic hair styles. The girls are locked in their own feud. Kim O'Brien, author of LEGAL WEAPON ('04) and THE PASTOR'S ASSIGNMENT ('05), shows us where such circumstances can lead. In THE CHRISTMAS KEY she brings us a story of adults and teens, faith, fear, achievement, rebellion, love, discord and, interwoven in all, of the abundant humor of life. You'll read about Pastor Frank's unexpected visit to the girls while their parents "are away"; - about the real surprise in the Christmas box beneath the artificial tree; - about the family's Christmas letter that finally tells the truth. Pick up THE KEY....Open to the story Ms.O'Brien has to tell you. all
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