|
978-1-889199-09-2
1-889199-09-5
$14.95 hardcover
5" x 7"
128 pages
black-and-white illustrations
Banks Channel Books
For more information about Ellyn Bache, visit www.ellynbache.com
|
This heartwarming novel is
the first illustrated holiday gift book for adults that deals with an
interfaith family celebrating both Christmas and Hanukkah. Claire is
Jewish; her husband, Paul, is a fallen-away Catholic. Claire takes their
two children to a reform Jewish temple, but they observe the Christian
holidays, too--partly for Paul and partly for Paul’s mother, Teresa, a
devout Catholic who is Claire’s dearest friend. Then, just as the
holidays approach, Claire’s five-year-old son gets sick. As the weeks
pass and he doesn’t recover, Claire is reminded of the uncertain
diagnosis of her own mother’s final illness. She wants to lean on
Teresa--but how can she, when their religious differences are so deep?
Have her own religious decisions been a mistake? The moving conclusion
offers encouragement to any interfaith family trying to incorporate both
holiday traditions, and will touch anyone who has ever worried about the
fate of a child.
about the author
Ellyn Bache, who is Jewish, was married to her Christian husband for
thirty-two years before his recent death, and is the mother of four
grown children. She is the author of three previous novels
including Safe Passage, which became a film starring Susan
Sarandon, as well as an award-winning short story collection, The
Value of Kindness, a non-fiction journal, and a young adult novel, Takedown,
co-written with her late husband.
|
