Sometimes, the things that can change your life will cross your path in one instant-and then, in a fleeting moment, they’re gone. But if you open your eyes, and watch carefully, you will believe….
Robert is a successful attorney who has everything in life-and nothing at all. Focused on professional achievement and material rewards, Robert is on the brink of losing his marriage. He has lost sight of his wife, Kate, their two daughters, and ultimately himself. Eight year old Nathan has a beloved mother, Maggie, whom he is losing to cancer. But Nathan and his family are building a simple yet full life, and struggling to hold onto every moment they have together. A chance meeting on Christmas Eve brings Robert and Nathan together-he is shopping for a family he hardly knows and Nathan is shopping for a mother he is soon to lose. In this one encounter, their lives are forever altered as Robert learns an important lesson: sometimes the smallest things can make all the difference. The Christmas Shoes is a universal story of the deeper meaning of serendipity, a tale of our shared humanity, and of how a power greater than ourselves can shape, and even save, our lives.
Pardon me while I cry my eyes out.
This book was so good but so sad. I definitely cried more than once while reading this short and sweet little story. For anyone looking for a Christmas story, this is it. All of the plots and characters in it were amazingly written out. Donna VanLiere is a great author. As soon as I finished this story, I decided that I wanted to read the next book in this series, The Christmas Blessing. This second book in the series is about Nathan. However, he is grown up now and not a little eight-year-old anymore.
The size of the book is perfect for the type of book that it is. It wasn’t too slow-paced, but it wasn’t too fast-paced. It was just right.
The cover is sweet too. My sister first read this book and when I saw the cover and read the synopsis, I knew I had to read it. 5 stars to the front cover!
Wow! I don’t even know how to finish this review. Of course, this book deserves 5 stars. This story is a good reminder of the importance of being thankful for what we have. We shouldn’t go on about life simply wanting more. This story made it clear that we all need to stop, take a breath, and be happy for what we have. That is how we get into the Christmas spirit.
Title: The Christmas Shoes
Author: Donna VanLiere
Author’s Website: http://www.donnavanliere.com/
Reading Resolution: #26
This review is written in my own opinions and words.
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