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It’s Christmas, Joy Candellaro’s favorite time of year. But this season Joy’s world is slowly unraveling. Her marriage is over, her house up for sale and she is barely on speaking terms with her sister. As hard as she tries to be in the holiday spirit, this year it just isn't happening. Thinking there has to be a way out, on a whim, Joy makes a decision that will forever change her life and the lives of those around her. She boards a plane headed to Canada and a town called Hope, but something goes terribly wrong.
When the plane she is on crashes, Joy makes a blink-of-an-eye decision to abandon her painful past in hope of a better life and a chance to start over. It is in a small town called Rain Valley where Joy discovers a boy named Bobby, facing his first Christmas without his mother. To make matters worse for Bobby, his father, Daniel O’Shea has become bitter to the world around him. Can Joy put hope back in their lives? Can Bobby O’Shea come out of the emotional cocoon he has secured himself in?
Kristin Hannah has hit home with this heart-wrenching story of a woman who faces a test of faith against nearly impossible odds. Written in the first person, Comfort & Joy takes you deep into the psyche of Joy Candellaro. With characters that are multi-layered and heavy with emotion, her gift of storytelling leads the reader on a quest they will not soon forget. This book kept me guessing right up to the very end. Comfort & Joy was an emotional and spiritual journey that restored my faith in the belief that all things happen for a reason. Don’t wait for the holidays to treat yourself to this book.
Reviewed by Katherine J. Turcotte
for The Road to Romance
March 21, 2006
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