A Redbird Christmas Hardcover - 2005
by Flagg, Fannie
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- Good
- Hardcover
From the beloved author of "Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe" comes her latest "New York Times" bestseller--a new Yuletide classic about small-town America and larger-than-life wonders.
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Details
- Title A Redbird Christmas
- Author Flagg, Fannie
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 240
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Random House, New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date 2005
- Features Dust Cover
- Bookseller's Inventory # G1400065054I3N00
- ISBN 9781400065059 / 1400065054
- Weight 0.71 lbs (0.32 kg)
- Dimensions 8.17 x 5.53 x 0.86 in (20.75 x 14.05 x 2.18 cm)
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Southeast U.S.
- Cultural Region: South
- Demographic Orientation: Small Town
- Geographic Orientation: Alabama
- Holiday: Christmas
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Topical: Death/Dying
- Library of Congress subjects Christmas stories, City and town life
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
Summary
With the same incomparable style and warm, inviting voice that have made her beloved by millions of readers far and wide, New York Times bestselling author Fannie Flagg has written an enchanting Christmas story of faith and hope for all ages that is sure to become a classic. Deep in the southernmost part of Alabama, along the banks of a lazy winding river, lies the sleepy little community known as Lost River, a place that time itself seems to have forgotten. After a startling diagnosis from his doctor, Oswald T. Campbell leaves behind the cold and damp of the oncoming Chicago winter to spend what he believes will be his last Christmas in the warm and welcoming town of Lost River. There he meets the postman who delivers mail by boat, the store owner who nurses a broken heart, the ladies of the Mystic Order of the Royal Polka Dots Secret Society, who do clandestine good works. And he meets a little redbird named Jack, who is at the center of this tale of a magical Christmas when something so amazing happened that those who witnessed it have never forgotten it. Once you experience the wonder, you too will never forget A Redbird Christmas.From the Hardcover edition.
From the publisher
First line
IT WAS ONLY November sixth but Chicago had just been hit with its second big blizzard of the season, and Mr. Oswald T. Campbell guessed he had stepped in every ice-cold ankle-deep puddle of dirty white slush it was possible to step in, trying to get to his appointment.
From the jacket flap
With the same incomparable style and warm, inviting voice that have made her beloved by millions of readers far and wide, "New York Times bestselling author Fannie Flagg has written an enchanting Christmas story of faith and hope for all ages that is sure to become a classic.
Deep in the southernmost part of Alabama, along the banks of a lazy winding river, lies the sleepy little community known as Lost River, a place that time itself seems to have forgotten. After a startling diagnosis from his doctor, Oswald T. Campbell leaves behind the cold and damp of the oncoming Chicago winter to spend what he believes will be his last Christmas in the warm and welcoming town of Lost River. There he meets the postman who delivers mail by boat, the store owner who nurses a broken heart, the ladies of the Mystic Order of the Royal Polka Dots Secret Society, who do clandestine good works. And he meets a little redbird named Jack, who is at the center of this tale of a magical Christmas when something so amazing happened that those who witnessed it have never forgotten it. Once you experience the wonder, you too will never forget "A Redbird Christmas.
Deep in the southernmost part of Alabama, along the banks of a lazy winding river, lies the sleepy little community known as Lost River, a place that time itself seems to have forgotten. After a startling diagnosis from his doctor, Oswald T. Campbell leaves behind the cold and damp of the oncoming Chicago winter to spend what he believes will be his last Christmas in the warm and welcoming town of Lost River. There he meets the postman who delivers mail by boat, the store owner who nurses a broken heart, the ladies of the Mystic Order of the Royal Polka Dots Secret Society, who do clandestine good works. And he meets a little redbird named Jack, who is at the center of this tale of a magical Christmas when something so amazing happened that those who witnessed it have never forgotten it. Once you experience the wonder, you too will never forget "A Redbird Christmas.
"From the Hardcover edition.