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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher St Martins Pr
Publication date October 30, 2007
Pages 206
Binding Hardcover
Book category Adult Fiction
ISBN-13 9780312367763
ISBN-10 0312367767
Dimensions 1 by 5.50 by 7.50 in.
Weight 0.50 lbs.
Original list price $14.95
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Summary
Taking what he hopes will be his first long-term job, lonely department store security officer Chaz McConnell reaches out to a four-year-old child, while Gloria Bailey, a charity worker who has taken in a single pregnant woman and a cantankerous senior, struggles with ensuing personality clashes. 400,000 first printing.
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Each Christmas we are given a promise from heaven. And each year on earth we make promises to each other. This is a story about how a promise from one person to another shows us the true meaning of faith, remembrance, and love.

Seven years ago Gloria endured a family tragedy that almost shook her faith entirely. Each Christmas she places a card in an envelope on her tree, restating a promise she made to her husband before he died. Now, having moved from her small town and all the painful memories it held, she is building a life by caring for people in need. Whether it's a young mother who can't pay her electric bill or a family who needs some extra food, Gloria always finds a way.

Miriam is a thorn in Gloria's side. Miriam is a constantly critical, disapproving neighbor who looks with suspicion at all the good things Gloria does. When a twist of fate makes them roommates instead of neighbors, it's the ultimate test of patience and faith.

Chaz has a good job as head of security at Wilson's Department Store, but each night he returns home to an empty apartment. He longs for a wife and family of his own but realizes that the life choices he's made have alienated him. He befriends a young boy whose mother has fallen on hard times, giving him a chance to have a life he thought impossible.

In The Christmas Promise, the lives of these characters collide and we learn that even as we move ahead, the past is never far behind. And when we are forgiven much, we love much. In this warmly humorous and deeply poignant story, we are reminded that the Christmas Promise is the promise of second chances.



Editions
Hardcover
Book cover for 9780312367763 Book cover for 9781595543325 Book cover for 9781597225595
 
Large print edition from Wheeler Pub Inc (November 1, 2007)
9781597225595 | details & prices | 215 pages | 5.75 × 8.75 × 1.00 in. | 0.80 lbs | List price $32.95
About: Donna VanLiere’s books movingly portray ordinary people reaching for more meaningful lives.
The price comparison is for this edition
from St Martins Pr (October 30, 2007)
9780312367763 | details & prices | 206 pages | 5.50 × 7.50 × 1.00 in. | 0.50 lbs | List price $14.95
About: Taking what he hopes will be his first long-term job, lonely department store security officer Chaz McConnell reaches out to a four-year-old child, while Gloria Bailey, a charity worker who has taken in a single pregnant woman and a cantankerous senior, struggles with ensuing personality clashes.
from Thomas Nelson Inc (October 16, 2007)
9781595543325 | details & prices | 206 pages | 5.25 × 7.25 × 1.00 in. | 0.60 lbs | List price $14.95
About: Gloria Bailey offers good deeds to those in need despite the complaints of her neighbor, and Chaz McConnell tries to turn his life around by getting a job at a local store in this holiday fable where lives are changed in unexpected ways.
CD/Spoken Word
Book cover for 9781427201898 Book cover for 9781427233448 Book cover for 9781598593044
 
Unabridged edition from St Martins Pr (October 29, 2013)
9781427233448 | details & prices | List price $9.99
About: Donna VanLiere’s books movingly portray ordinary people reaching for more meaningful lives.
from Oasis Audio (November 1, 2007)
9781598593044 | details & prices | 6.50 × 5.25 × 0.75 in. | 0.35 lbs | List price $19.99
About: Van Liere's seasonal confection (following The Christmas Hope) finds 60-year-old Gloria Bailey doing informal good works for needy cases seven years after her husband died, and her youngest son, Matthew, disappeared without a trace at age 17.
Unabridged edition from St Martins Pr (October 30, 2007)
9781427201898 | details & prices | 5.50 × 6.00 × 0.50 in. | 0.30 lbs | List price $19.95
About: Taking what he hopes will be his first long-term job, lonely department store security officer Chaz McConnell reaches out to a four-year-old child, while Gloria Bailey, a charity worker who has taken in a single pregnant woman and a cantankerous senior, struggles with ensuing personality clashes.

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