The Christmas CoinBy Christina LorenzenDescription:
After her grandmother’s death, Sammie finds herself thinking about the Christmas Coin and all the sweet memories attached to it. She decides to take a trip back to her grandmother’s house in Holly Hamlet, Vermont to find it. With the impending sale of the house, all Sammie wants as a keepsake of her grandmother is the coin and the story that she still holds close to her heart. With fifty years of possessions tucked inside the house, she realizes she has her work cut out for her. When the little girl next door innocently mentions the Christmas story, Sammie realizes that Ally could be the key to her finding the Christmas coin. As the weekend goes by, Sammie becomes attached to Ally, and subsequently her single father Jack. Her plans begin to change more than she could have imagined. Book Takeaway:What we think we need may not be what we need after all. Why the author wrote this book:After finding the Christmas Coin that my father's parents gave to him and my mother for Christmas 1967, I wanted to write a story that would honor the coin. A picture of the actual coin is included in a letter to readers. |