Donna VanLiere, Author . St. Martin's $25 (144p) ISBN 978-0-312-28951-5
Two couples find their lives transformed by a Christmas gift in VanLiere's debut novel, a gooey holiday parable that leaves no stone unturned in its pursuit of tear-jerking moments. Robert Layton is an ambitious lawyer who sacrifices his...
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Donna VanLiere, Author . St. Martin's $14.95 (224p) ISBN 978-0-312-32293-9
This much-anticipated sequel to The Christmas Shoes—which was a popular TV movie, #1 hit song and bestselling book—will delight fans of the original. Although there are some small writing problems, such as abrupt transitions and an...
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Donna VanLiere, Author . St. Martin's $14.95 (213p) ISBN 978-0-312-33450-5
Nathan Andrews, who at eight bought shoes for his dying mother (The Christmas Shoes
) and as a medical student fell in love with a young heart patient (The Christmas Blessing
), takes a backseat in Van Liere's latest Christmas confection. The...
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Donna VanLiere, Author . St. Martin's $14.95 (228p) ISBN 978-0-312-33452-9
The story of a black family's move to a small all-white Tennessee town in 1947 inspires inspirational novelist VanLiere (Christmas Hope
; Christmas Shoes
; etc.) to expand her fictional range while trying to expand her audience. Narrator Jane...
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Donna VanLiere, Author . St. Martin’s $14.95 (206p) ISBN 978-0-312-36776-3
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.
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Donna VanLiere, Author . St. Martin’s $14.95 (291p) ISBN 978-0-312-55836-9
VanLiere makes getting into the Christmas spirit easy with the fifth installment in her Christmas Hope series (The Christmas Promise
; etc). Single mom Angela Christine Eisley’s struggling to care for her young children, Zach and Haley: her...
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Donna VanLiere, Author Integrity $14.99 (213p) ISBN 978-1-59145-375-8
Nathan Andrews, who at eight bought shoes for his dying mother (The Christmas Shoes) and as a medical student fell in love with a young heart patient (The Christmas Blessing), takes a backseat in Van Liere's latest Christmas confection. The focus...
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Donna VanLiere. Harvest House, $15.99 trade paper (304p) ISBN 978-0-7369-7875-0
VanLiere (The Christmas Secret) provides a moving, fast-paced account of the end times. Physical therapist Emma Grady is just arriving for a long day of work when a client disappears right in front of her. Meanwhile, Elliott Hirsch is at a funeral...
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Donna VanLiere. Harvest House, $14.99 (128p) ISBN 978-0-7369-9211-4
Novelist VanLiere (The Day of Ezekiel’s Hope) delivers an earnest ode to a holiday that, she argues, has been sanitized in contemporary culture by picture-perfect celebrations and secular customs. Unpacking elements of the Christmas story, she...
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Donna VanLiere. Harvest House, $14.99 (128p) ISBN 978-0-7369-9213-8
This simplistic program for spiritual growth from novelist VanLiere (The Christmas Shoes) aims to help believers “knock on God’s door and know His real love in an unreal world.” Each chapter explores an aspect of God’s character, including his role...
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