The Christmas Note (17 page)

    e-ISBN 9781429989411

  1.  Neighbors—Fiction.   2.  Mothers—Death—Fiction.   3.  Family secrets—Fiction.   4.  Identity (Psychology)—Fiction.   5.  Christmas stories.   I.  Title.

    PS3622.A66C4787 2011

    813'.6—dc22

2011025835

First Edition: November 2011

DON’T MISS DONNA VANLIERE’S NEW NOVEL,
THE GOOD DREAM

Coming in Spring 2012

Set in 1950s Tennessee,
The Good Dream
tells of one woman’s unlikely path to motherhood, and of the power of secrets, vengeance and, ultimately, forgiveness.

Early Praise for
The Good Dream

“
The Good Dream
is a great story of people saving each other in the unlikeliest ways. A heartwarming winner of a book.”

—Jenna Blum, author of
Those Who Save Us

“
The Good Dream
snares the reader right from the start. Donna VanLiere’s pitch-perfect voice captures all the country charm and mystery of a long-ago time and place with its many acts of kindness and courage, as well as its secrets.”

—Mary McGarry Morris, author of
Songs in Ordinary Time

“Donna VanLiere shows she’s not just for Christmas anymore.”

—Richard Paul Evans, author of
The Christmas Box
and
Lost December