A Girl Named Christmas
β Scribed by Mendoza, Kimberlee R
- Book ID
- 108857976
- Publisher
- White Rose Publishing (an entity of Pelican Ventures, LLC)
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 27 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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β¦ Synopsis
Christmas is dragging her feet to her fortieth birthday, dreading the realization that she will never marry. In a vain effort to feel better, she begins to reminisce about her youth. The year is 1955 in Ashabula, Ohio. Chris and her siblings are attractive young women forbidden to date until they are adults. When the gardenerβs son Elijah begins to pursue Chris, despite her stubborn heart, she falls hard. When her mother finds out, a tragedy occurs and Chris turns her back on the only man she would ever love. Is it too late for her? Or is it possible that her romantic journey is just beginning?
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