NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Christmas
Box and the Noel Collection comes A Christmas Memory, a poignant,
deeply felt novel about loss, grief, the healing power of forgiveness,
and the true meaning of the holiday season.
It's 1967, and for young Richard it's a time of heartbreak and turmoil.
Over the span of a few months, his brother, Mark, is killed in Vietnam;
his father loses his job and moves the family from California to his
grandmother's abandoned home in Utah; and his parents make the painful
decision to separate.
With uncertainty rattling every corner of his life, Richard does his
best to remain strong--but when he's run down by bullies at his new
school, he meets Mr. Foster, an elderly neighbor who chases off the
bullies and invites Richard in for a cup of cocoa. Richard becomes fast
friends with the wise, solitary man who inspires Richard's love for
books and whose dog, Gollum, becomes his closest companion.
As the holidays approach, the joy and light of Christmas seem unlikely
to permeate the Evans home as things take a grim turn for the worse. And
just when it seems like he has nothing left to lose, Richard is
confronted by a startling revelation. But with Mr. Foster's wisdom and
kindness, he learns for the first time what truly matters about the
spirit of the season: that forgiveness can heal even the deepest wounds,
and love endures long after the pain of loss subsides.
In A Christmas Memory, Richard Paul Evans (#1 New York Times
bestselling author and the "King of Christmas fiction") delves deep into
his childhood memories to take readers back to an age when his world
felt like it was falling apart, reminding us that even in the darkest of
times, the light of hope can still shine.
