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Let’s all get in the mood for Christmas with this blog tour and giveaway for Silent Days, Holy Night by Phyllis Clark Nichols, hosted by JustRead Tours.
ABOUT THE BOOK
Title: Silent Days, Holy Night
Author: Phyllis Clark Nichols
Publisher: Gilead Publishing
Release Date: October 30, 2018
Genre: Contemporary Women’s Fiction/Christmas
The sounds of Christmases past echo through a silent house…
Everyone in town knows Emerald Crest, the green granite mansion atop the highest hill: the legendary, lavish Christmas festivities that used to light up the nights— and the silence that followed when the parties abruptly stopped many years ago. And everyone has heard whispers about the reclusive, mysterious master of the manor, Henry Lafferty the Second . . .
When eleven-year-old Julia Russell steps into the great house for the first time and meets Mr. Lafferty, the entire course of her life is altered. She meets a man who is nothing at all like the rumors she’s heard from neighbors and classmates. He’s kind and extraordinarily talented—he also happens to be deaf and uses a wheelchair. And when she overhears a secret about him, Julia decides it’s time for the town to bring Christmas back to Emerald Crest—an act that will change them all forever.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Phyllis Clark Nichols’s character-driven Southern fiction explores profound human questions using the imagined residents of small town communities you just know you’ve visited before. With a strong faith and a love for nature, art, music, and ordinary people, she tells redemptive tales of loss and recovery, estrangement and connection, longing and fulfillment . . . often through surprisingly serendipitous events.
Phyllis grew up in the deep shade of magnolia trees in South Georgia. Born during a hurricane, she is no stranger to the winds of change: In addition to her life as a novelist, Phyllis is a seminary graduate, concert pianist, and cofounder of a national cable network with health- and disability-related programming. Regardless of the role she’s playing, Phyllis brings creativity and compelling storytelling.
She frequently appears at conventions, conferences, civic groups, and churches, performing half-hour musical monologues that express her faith, joy, and thoughts about life—all with the homespun humor and gentility of a true Southern woman.
Phyllis currently serves on several nonprofit boards. She lives in the Texas Hill Country with her portrait-artist husband.
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Review
Let me gush a moment if you will. I adored this book! I mean, it wasn’t perfect and the opening left me a bit confused but it weaved together so nicely and really does leave you with a warm cozy Christmas feeling. A feeling of community and friendship and love and just belonging. This is a new to me author but I’m completely on board with reading her again. Like, I am actively seeking out anything I can find with her name attached!
Julia is a bit over the top and I think if she had been my kid I wouldn’t have near the patience her parents had with her. Just a guess though as she reminds me a wee bit of Munchkin. Never ending questions, answering questions with questions, nothing like a simple statement from this kid. Ever. From the beginning I didn’t really ‘get it’. I didn’t understand the purpose of these people at this place and the reason for this party. For about a chapter and a half I was wondering what I’d gotten myself into. Once I started piecing it together I realized that I really didn’t need to know because if I had then the entire story would have lost something. I needed to watch this friendship blossom. I needed to see this community build. I needed what this book had to offer.
The friendship between H and Julia was precious. It was the perfect example of the idea that struggles are just opportunities to turn can’t into can. It’s so odd as at work we just had a similar training opportunity for something very similar. Building friendships that are cross generational. Building friendships with someone who you can’t communicate with . . . yet. Building friendships that are based around mutual respect and true caring about another human being. This book is truly a reflection of what the Christmas Spirit can bring to individuals, friends, families and communities. Strongly recommended for anyone who just wants an amazing story of friendship and caring and respect.
TOUR GIVEAWAY
One (1) winner will receive (US only):
- a print copy of Silent Days, Holy Night by Phyllis Clark Nichols
- a print copy of Sleigh Bells Ring by various authors
Enter via the Rafflecopter giveaway below. Giveaway will begin at midnight December 10, 2018 and last through 11:59pm December 17, 2018. US only. Winners will be notified within a week of close of the giveaway and given 48 hours to respond or a new winner will be chosen.
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Thank you for your review on “Silent Days, Holy Night” by Phyllis Clark Nichols and for being part of the book tour.
Sounds awesome! Can’t wait for the opportunity to read this book which is on my TBR list.
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