The Resource A Baxter family Christmas : a novel, Karen Kingsbury
A Baxter family Christmas : a novel, Karen Kingsbury
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The item A Baxter family Christmas : a novel, Karen Kingsbury represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in City Libraries, City of Gold Coast.
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- Summary
- wo years have passed since the terrible car accident that took the life of John Baxter s daughter, Erin, her husband and three of their four daughters. Prompted by grief, and missing his daughter, John has invited a stranger for Christmas Eve dinner Kendra Bryant, the transplant recipient who now has Erin s heart. In light of their father s idea, Ashley and her brother Luke don t think it s right. They want to protect their ten-year-old niece, Amy the only surviving member of the accident. But John is determined and believes meeting this woman is something his deceased daughter would want. At the same time, Maddie West, the eighteen-year-old daughter of Brooke Baxter West, is praying for meaning this Christmas. Could she find it in a newfound friendship with a boy she never expected to see again? Maddie believes in miracles, especially at Christmastime, but this is a stretch even she can t imagine. Meanwhile, Kendra Bryant has been struggling these past few years to find purpose in the tragedy that gave her a second chance. She believes the invitation to see the Baxters and witness their unwavering faith in God can instill peace and happiness back into her life. Heartwarming and touching, filled with love and redemption, A Baxter Family Christmas brings together two families in the aftermath of loss and in the midst of an unfolding love story, all with the help of one very special child
- Language
- eng
- Label
- A Baxter family Christmas : a novel
- Title
- A Baxter family Christmas
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- Karen Kingsbury
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- wo years have passed since the terrible car accident that took the life of John Baxter s daughter, Erin, her husband and three of their four daughters. Prompted by grief, and missing his daughter, John has invited a stranger for Christmas Eve dinner Kendra Bryant, the transplant recipient who now has Erin s heart. In light of their father s idea, Ashley and her brother Luke don t think it s right. They want to protect their ten-year-old niece, Amy the only surviving member of the accident. But John is determined and believes meeting this woman is something his deceased daughter would want. At the same time, Maddie West, the eighteen-year-old daughter of Brooke Baxter West, is praying for meaning this Christmas. Could she find it in a newfound friendship with a boy she never expected to see again? Maddie believes in miracles, especially at Christmastime, but this is a stretch even she can t imagine. Meanwhile, Kendra Bryant has been struggling these past few years to find purpose in the tragedy that gave her a second chance. She believes the invitation to see the Baxters and witness their unwavering faith in God can instill peace and happiness back into her life. Heartwarming and touching, filled with love and redemption, A Baxter Family Christmas brings together two families in the aftermath of loss and in the midst of an unfolding love story, all with the help of one very special child
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- Kingsbury, Karen
- Dewey number
- 813/.54
- Index
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- Literary form
- fiction
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- A Baxter family Christmas : a novel, Karen Kingsbury
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- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Dimensions
- 19 cm.
- Extent
- 249 pages
- Isbn
- 9781451687569
- Isbn Type
- (hbk.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
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- Specific material designation
- regular print
- Label
- A Baxter family Christmas : a novel, Karen Kingsbury
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Dimensions
- 19 cm.
- Extent
- 249 pages
- Isbn
- 9781451687569
- Isbn Type
- (hbk.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
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- n
- Specific material designation
- regular print
Subject
- Loss (Psychology)
- trueLoss
- trueIndiana
- trueHeart -- Transplantation
- trueBaxter family (Fictitious characters)
- trueBelonging
- trueChristian families
- Christmas
- Christmas fiction
- Domestic fiction
- trueFaith (Christianity)
- trueFamilial love
- Families
- Fiction
- Families -- Fiction
- Religious fiction
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