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A stubborn sweetness : and other stories for the Christmas season

A stubborn sweetness : and other stories for the Christmas season

Paterson, Katherine.
Book 2013

This compilation includes stories of real-life people such as a shopping mall's night watchman, a lonely widower, a pregnant teenage runaway, a political prisoner in China, a grieving mother, and a privileged American, who have forgotten the true meaning of Christmas because of loss, pain, greed, or circumstances. Through unexpected and uplifting ways, each is reminded of the first Christmas story and the vision of hope and peace it offers the wo...

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Children's stories, American
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ISBN:
9780664239152
0664239153
Description:
x, 185 pages ; 23 cm
Notes:
All but one story previously published in the anthologies "Angels and Other Strangers" and "A Midnight Clear."
Contents:
Exultate jubilate
Star lady
In the desert, a highway
On the night of his birth, Mary's story
Angels and other strangers
Merit badges
Guests
Watchman, tell us of the night
Why the chimes almost rang
Broken windows
My name is Joseph
Woodrow Kennington works practically a miracle
No room in the inn
The handmaid of the Lord
A stubborn sweetness
Control Number:
952006
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