5 stars for The Noel Diary (Noel Collection book 1) by Richard Paul Evans.
The past week has been a very busy but extremely satisfying amd fulfilling one for me. I did not manage to put aside much time for my nightly dose of reading, but I did make time for two workout classes a day, that is right after my daywork; one ride and one rumble/boxhit. Yes, I sign up for a one-week unlimited trial and I make sure that I maximise the "Unlimited" portion of my purchase. So, that leaves me late for home and mostly spent for the night. In a way, I amaze myself that I can even squeeze in time for some reading after laundry and before I hit the sack.
This is another heartwarming Christmas story on grace, forgiveness and a chance at love.
How often do we seek peace and to reconcile with the past? Do we ever get the chance to rewrite the past? Well, The Noel Diary shares it all. Not only that, it comes with The Sound of Silence, a classic folk rock song with lyrics that is as soulful as the music itself.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Publication date: 7 Nov 2017
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Even in the worst of times, there had always been something healing about the music of Christmas.
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Have you ever wondered if people come into our lives for a reason?
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For a moment I just looked at her. I was certain that she knew who I was. And i was pretty sure that she knew that I knew that she knew who I was.
~ The Noel Diary
Richard Paul Evans
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Bestselling romance author Jacob Churcher hasn’t been home for almost twenty years – not since his mentally ill mother kicked him out of the house when he was just sixteen. When a lawyer calls, days before Christmas, to inform him that his estranged mother has passed away and left her house to him, Jacob returns not just to settle the estate but to try and reconcile with the past and the pain and abuse he experienced as a child. Also, maybe cleaning out her house will be slightly less depressing than spending the holidays alone, watching re-runs of Christmas classics.
But as it turns out, the house holds more than just difficult memories, Jacob’s mother had become a hoarder and he must excavate through two decades worth of clutter. As Jacob digs through the detritus, like an archaeologist, he uncovers many puzzling items including a diary left by someone named Noel, a young woman he has no recollection of, who stayed with Jacob’s family during her pregnancy. That’s not the only echo from the past. Jacob has an unexpected visitor, Rachel, a woman looking for the mother who put her up for adoption thirty years before.
United by their quest to make sense of the past and rewrite their futures, Jacob and Rachel begin a search for Noel. Along the way they find more than they possibly imagined, including grace, forgiveness and a chance at love.
*Blurb from author's website*
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