In This Hope-Filled Gilded Age Christmas Novella from Bestselling Author Lynn AustinThe year is 1901 and the hustle and bustle of the holidays is descending on New York’s Fifth Avenue.For the first time in her privileged life, Adelaide Forsythe won’t be swept up in it. She couldn’t be happier about...
In This Hope-Filled Gilded Age Christmas Novella from Bestselling Author Lynn Austin
The year is 1901 and the hustle and bustle of the holidays is descending on New York’s Fifth Avenue.
For the first time in her privileged life, Adelaide Forsythe won’t be swept up in it. She couldn’t be happier about the prospect of a quieter Christmas. That’s not to say her transition from Miss to Mrs. has been without challenge. Though she doesn’t regret marrying for love instead of wealth, she can barely light the hearth or cook more than burnt toast. She feels woefully unprepared to run her own household.
Then, on the first Sunday of Advent, winter winds bring change through two unlikely means: a young orphan boy, hiding near Adelaide’s front steps, and a seasoned housekeeper who seems too good to be true.
The boy, Jack, claims he isn’t an orphan at all and is desperate to reunite his family. Adelaide and her husband Howard work tirelessly to solve the riddle of Jack’s story, while Adelaide’s new endeavors open her eyes to a world beyond her past experience—and all the challenge and possibility it holds. As Christmas approaches, small glimmers of wonder light the way toward the answers Adelaide seeks and the most miraculous gift of all.
- The novella length of this delightful work of Christmas fiction about the true meaning of Christmas makes this a great stocking stuffer or host/hostess gift. - Beautiful hardcover, giftable size. - Great companion to *All My Secrets* by Lynn Austin. - Includes discussion questions for book clubs.
In This Hope-Filled Gilded Age Christmas Novella from Bestselling Author Lynn AustinThe year is 1901 and the hustle and bustle of the holidays is descending on New York’s Fifth Avenue.For the first time in her privileged life, Adelaide Forsythe won’t be swept up in it. She couldn’t be happier about...
In This Hope-Filled Gilded Age Christmas Novella from Bestselling Author Lynn Austin
The year is 1901 and the hustle and bustle of the holidays is descending on New York’s Fifth Avenue.
For the first time in her privileged life, Adelaide Forsythe won’t be swept up in it. She couldn’t be happier about the prospect of a quieter Christmas. That’s not to say her transition from Miss to Mrs. has been without challenge. Though she doesn’t regret marrying for love instead of wealth, she can barely light the hearth or cook more than burnt toast. She feels woefully unprepared to run her own household.
Then, on the first Sunday of Advent, winter winds bring change through two unlikely means: a young orphan boy, hiding near Adelaide’s front steps, and a seasoned housekeeper who seems too good to be true.
The boy, Jack, claims he isn’t an orphan at all and is desperate to reunite his family. Adelaide and her husband Howard work tirelessly to solve the riddle of Jack’s story, while Adelaide’s new endeavors open her eyes to a world beyond her past experience—and all the challenge and possibility it holds. As Christmas approaches, small glimmers of wonder light the way toward the answers Adelaide seeks and the most miraculous gift of all.
- The novella length of this delightful work of Christmas fiction about the true meaning of Christmas makes this a great stocking stuffer or host/hostess gift. - Beautiful hardcover, giftable size. - Great companion to *All My Secrets* by Lynn Austin. - Includes discussion questions for book clubs.
“Waiting for Christmas” is such a moving story. I appreciate how the novel explains and shows that the suffragette movement was so much more than winning the right to vote, it was fighting for women to get higher education opportunities, for them to have the chance to pursue a profession and to be paid a fair wage for the work they did do. This book really transported me back in time to a chilly Christmas season. It was confronting to read about the great divide between the rich and poor. How tough life was. But overall I really loved it and it will become my MUST read every Christmas.
