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A Christmas grace : a novel
Record details
- ISBN: 9780345502032 :
- ISBN: 0345502035
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Physical Description:
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210 p. ; 19 cm. - Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Ballantine Books, 2008.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Summary: With Christmas just around the corner, Thomas Pitt's sister-in-law, Emily Radley, is suddenly called from London to be with her dying aunt. Leaving her husband and two children behind, Emily makes the long journey to an all-but-forgotten town in the county of Connemara, on the western coast of Ireland. She soon discovers that a tragic legacy haunts the once close-knit community. |
| Target Audience Note: | All Ages. |
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| Subject: | Villages -- Fiction Historical fiction Mystery fiction Ireland -- Fiction Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901 -- Fiction |
| Genre: | Christmas stories. Mystery fiction. Historical fiction. |
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Available copies
- 11 of 11 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect.
- 1 of 1 copy available at Creston Public Library. (Show preferred library)
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- 0 current holds with 11 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Creston Public Library | MYS PER (Text) | 35140000795495 | Mystery | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Burns Lake Public Library | AF (Text) | 35198000363300 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Fort St. John Public Library | AF PER (Text) | BFSJ118943 | ADULT Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Houston Public Library | F PER (Text) | 35150001603135 | Special Collections -- Christmas | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Nakusp Public Library | FIC PER (Text) | 35160000558180 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Rossland Public Library | MYS FIC PER (Text) | 35162000145968 | Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Salmo Public Library | FIC PER (Text) | 35163000004973 | Adult Fiction (hardback or trade paperback) | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Terrace Public Library | Per (Text) | 35151000025833 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Grand Forks | M PER (Text) | 35142002339058 | Mystery Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
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33923004208363 | Overflow Collection | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Booklist Reviews : Booklist Reviews 2008 October #2
"Emily Radley was so looking forward to a wonderful Christmas with her husband and children, but a request from her brother-in-law, Thomas Pitt (policeman and star of Perry's long-running series, which includes annual holiday installments), that she please spend the holiday with their very ill, somewhat estranged aunt pulls her away. Begrudgingly, Emily makes the arduous trek from her cozy London home to a remote part of the western shore of Ireland (traveling through the countryside in the 1890s was no picnic), landing in a town that's friendly but full of secrets. Terrible storms plague the village, but the townsfolk seem to fear more than just bad weather. As Emily grows closer to her aunt Susannah, she yearns to protect her in her final days, prompting her to learn what has the townsfolk so spooked. Naturally, she uncovers a long-unsolved murder. Emily emerges as a changed woman, shedding her cold facade and embracing the warmth of others. Another heartwarming, if crime-tinged, complement to the holiday season." Copyright 2008 Booklist Reviews. - Library Journal Reviews : LJ Reviews 2008 July #1
Tending to her dying aunt on Ireland's west coast, Emily Radley finds a town wrung out over a terrible secret. Perry's sixth Christmas novel. Copyright 2008 Reed Business Information. - Library Journal Reviews : LJ Reviews 2008 October #2
Best-selling author Perry offers her sixth annual Victorian Christmas offering (after A Christmas Beginning ). Emily Radley is drawn to a remote Irish village to care for her dying aunt. A violent storm looms on the horizon, and a terrible secret haunts the villagers. Will Emily solve the mystery and weather the storm? A slight tale that will appeal to Perry's fans; for all mystery collections. [See Prepub Alert, LJ 7/08.]
[Page 54]. Copyright 2008 Reed Business Information. - Publishers Weekly Reviews : PW Reviews 2008 September #4
Bestseller Perry's sixth Christmas novel (after 2007's A Christmas Beginning ), one of the stronger entries in the series, explores further mysteries of the soul. A few weeks before Christmas, 1895, Emily Radley, the sister of Charlotte Pitt (last seen with husband, Thomas Pitt, in Buckingham Palace Gardens ), answers a summons from Father Tyndale, spiritual leader of a small Western Ireland community. The Catholic priest is concerned about Emily's dying aunt, Susannah Ross, who's been estranged from her family since marrying outside their Protestant faith. Once in Ireland, Emily finds her aunt's entire village in the grip of fear, haunted by a secret. A shipwreck during a ferocious storm, the rescue of a young man from the sea's clutches and another young man's mysterious murder complicate Emily's mission. Perry effortlessly evokes the region's insularity and isolation while imbuing religious themes into a whodunit without being preachy. (Nov.)
[Page 42]. Copyright 2008 Reed Business Information.
