For some, the attic is more like a haunted house. The sad memories center around things like drunkenness, abuse, loneliness, arguments, and disappointment.Įvery year we sort through the attic of Christmas memories, which like good gifts, keep on giving. The precious memories contain thoughts like Grandmother, baking cookies, and fireplaces with stockings pinned to the mantles. Arriving in all shapes and sizes, some grab our attention and overshadow the thoughts of the season, while others are small and hidden away.Ĭhristmas memories which dominate the season tend to be either the warm and fuzzy type or the ones that are as dark as coal. You can learn more about Richard on his website of Christmases past are like presents under the tree. Richard lives in Salt Lake City, Utah, with his wife, Keri, and their five children and two grandchildren. For his humanitarian work, Richard has received the Washington Times Humanitarian of the Century Award and the Volunteers of America National Empathy Award. To date, more than 125,000 youths have been helped by the charity. Richard is the founder of The Christmas Box International, an organization devoted to maintaining emergency children’s shelters and providing services and resources for abused, neglected, or homeless children and young adults.
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In 2011 Richard began writing Michael Vey, a #1 New York Times bestselling young adult series which has won more than a dozen awards. His first feature film, The Noel Diary, starring Justin Hartley ( This Is Us) and acclaimed film director, Charles Shyer ( Private Benjamin, Father of the Bride), will debut in 2022. Seven of Richard’s books have been produced as television movies. Richard is the recipient of numerous awards, including two first place Storytelling World Awards, the Romantic Times Best Women’s Novel of the Year Award, and is a five-time recipient of the Religion Communicators Council’s Wilbur Awards. There are currently more than thirty-five million copies of his books in print worldwide, translated into more than twenty-four languages.
Richard Paul Evans is the #1 New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author of more than forty novels. In A Christmas Memory, Richard Paul Evans (#1 New York Times bestselling author and the “King of Christmas fiction”) delves deep into his childhood memories to take readers back to an age when his world felt like it was falling apart, reminding us that even in the darkest of times, the light of hope can still shine. Foster’s wisdom and kindness, he learns for the first time what truly matters about the spirit of the season: that forgiveness can heal even the deepest wounds, and love endures long after the pain of loss subsides. And just when it seems like he has nothing left to lose, Richard is confronted by a startling revelation.
Richard becomes fast friends with the wise, solitary man who inspires Richard’s love for books and whose dog, Gollum, becomes his closest companion.Īs the holidays approach, the joy and light of Christmas seem unlikely to permeate the Evans home as things take a grim turn for the worse. Foster, an elderly neighbor who chases off the bullies and invites Richard in for a cup of cocoa. With uncertainty rattling every corner of his life, Richard does his best to remain strong-but when he’s run down by bullies at his new school, he meets Mr. Over the span of a few months, his brother, Mark, is killed in Vietnam his father loses his job and moves the family from California to his grandmother’s abandoned home in Utah and his parents make the painful decision to separate. It’s 1967, and for young Richard it’s a time of heartbreak and turmoil. From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Christmas Box and the Noel Collection comes A Christmas Memory, a poignant, deeply felt novel about loss, grief, the healing power of forgiveness, and the true meaning of the holiday season.
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