The Christmas Collection: The Christmas Shoes, The Christmas Blessing, and The Christmas Hope

by Donna VanLiere

From the New York Times bestselling author, three of her inspirational holiday novels that have become beloved modern day classics.

The Christmas Shoes
Robert is a successful attorney who has everything in life-and nothing at all. Eight year old Nathan has a beloved mother, Maggie, whom he is losing to cancer. A chance meeting on Christmas Even brings Robert and Nathan together, and in this one encounter, their lives are forever altered as Robert learns an important sometimes the smallest things can make all the difference.

The Christmas Blessing
Now a medical student in his third year, Nathan realizes there are still things to be learned about faith, blessings, and sacrifice. Lessons he will learn from Meghan Sullivan-a young woman born with a hole in her heart that has not kept her from becoming a champion runner. And lessons learned from a young boy named Charlie, who teaches how to live a life of true courage. Together, they will help guide Nathan through the darkest period in his life.

The Christmas Hope
Patricia and Mark Addison have long given up the hope of having a meaningful Christmas. But this year, Patricia's job as a social worker will lead her to a very special five-year-old. Through the presence of Emily in their house, and her penetrating questions about heaven, the Addisons learn that there is no sorrow so great that faith cannot help you find your way through. And Christmas will once more be a time of joy in their home.

424 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 2, 2007

About the author

Donna is a New York Times and USA Today best-selling author. She's an in-demand conference speaker and gifted teacher and has 14 published books including four that have been adapted into movies.

Donna is the recipient of multiple industry awards including a Retailer's Choice Award for Fiction, a Dove Award, a Silver Angel Award, two Audie Awards for best inspirational fiction, a nominee for a Gold Medallion Book of the Year and is an inductee in the Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges Hall of Excellence joining such luminaries as Coretta Scott King, Hugh Downs, Dr. Norman Vincent Peale and Senator John Glenn.

Learn more about Donna by visiting www.DonnaVanLiere.com and stay up-to-date and in-touch by subscribing to her free Friendship List.

Reviews

[Jennifer Cunningham · Rating 3 out of 5]

I had read the Christmas Shoes once before and it was a treat to re-read. The rest was new and I enjoyed how the other short stories connect to the first through characters and setting. I don’t feel the other two stories had quite the same emotional effect on me as a reader but I loved each message and story in and of itself. Great for the holidays!

[Traci · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is my favorite Christmas series, and to start them with these three books warms my heart.
Excellent

[Megan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Easy Christmas read

[KAREN RUTH ULLOM · Rating 5 out of 5]

BLESSINGS ARE PROVIDED EVEN WHEN SORROW IS AT ITS DEEPEST

There is always hope even when we are at our lowest with the weight of grief as this author so eloquently pointed out. The Christmas Shoes provides us a glimpse into how this can and must happen if we are to survive the lowest point in our lives. Thanks to this insightful author for helping us learn the way.

[Doreen · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoy these during the holidays, a good mix of tears and hope that leaves you feeling good at the end.

[Vicki · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great for christmas sewing!

[Nicole Barnes · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing read

I've seen movies countless times but I enjoyed the books more.
It was a great read. I got lost in the characters