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The Red Glove Series is fast becoming a holiday tradition in our home, and I was more than excited to get this latest addition. It is the perfect gift to yourself, your family or anyone who loves to read, loves God, or needs a glimpse of God’s miraculous grace.
Every December Sarah Lindeman anticipates and prayers over her annual ceremony. It’s almost too much to hold in the excitement, but when it’s time, she gets out twelve handmade paper ornaments, now yellow and faded from time, and a small plastic Christmas tree. She’ll hang those ornaments, one each day for the 12 days leading to Christmas. And, she’ll hum her song. There are words, but the words don’t come until later. The song is about Sarah and Sam’s life long love that almost wasn’t.
Sarah’s life in the nursing home is hardly much. But she doesn’t seem to mind. Her Sam is dead and waits for her in heaven. Although her body is failing, Sarah’s work on earth isn’t done yet. She knows God has someone special to listen to her song this Christmas. One final season, one final song, one final miracle. But, when it’s time to start, Sarah’s not sure who God is sending. She begins anyway.
Beth Baldwin works in a nursing/retirement center. Her marriage is all but over and she plans to tell her husband she’s leaving. When she does, he asks her to stay until Christmas, if not for him, for their daughter. Beth has little extra time to spend with the Sarah Lindeman with the handmade Christmas ornaments, but she loves the song Sarah hums, and when they begin to talk about the story behind the ornaments and the song, and Sarah promises to divulge a very important secret, Beth can’t get the haunting melody out.
Will Sarah’s Song and Sarah’s portrayal of her and Sam’s love be enough to save this young girls marriage? And, where do the red gloves fit in? Guess you’ll have to read to find out!
Of course any Karen Kingsbury book is an eye-leaking, heart-wrenching, soul-lifting affair. I always read her books prayed up to receive the blessing in my heart and I have tissues close by. This slim volume not only tells a wonderful story, but the author also gives us ways we can reach out to the elderly in our own communities at the end with a listing of ideas and organizations we can contact to make a difference in someone’s life.
I agree with Ms. Kingsbury that our elderly should not be forgotten, but rather sought out and loved. I hope readers will respond to the author’s charge at the end of this delightful tale.
You owe yourself a read of Sarah’s Song and make sure you pick up copies for friends, hostess gifts, caregivers, relatives, church members, Pastors – well, you get the idea. Highly recommended.
Reviewed by Linda Mae Baldwin
for The Road to Romance
November 18, 2004
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