A Gift of Angels

Author: Jerry Bledsoe
Category: General
ISBN: 9781878086808
Format : Hardcover
Publisher : John F Blair Pub

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This novel by a true-crime writer, set in the 1950s, is the story of a dying little girl who wants an angel doll for Christmas. Her brother Whitey, a poor newsboy, spends his hard-earned money on the doll, but his sister dies before she can receive it. The author then provides some background about the boy who inspired the novel: every year at Christmastime, he provided dolls to a children's hospital in memory of his beloved sister until his untimely hero's death in Vietnam.

A Gift of Angels ( ISBN 9781878086808 )

Blackwell Online

Blackwood, NJ, U.S.A.
Price : 16 USD
*** NEW COPY *** TITLE SHIPPED FROM US *** Pages: 149, Readers loved Jerry Bledsoe's The Angel Doll, the 1950s story of 10-year-old Whitey Black, his love for his little sister Sandy, a victim of polio, and his quest to fulfill her Christmas wish for an angel doll. Critics proclaimed it "a gem of a story", and "a modern Christmas classic".A Gift of Angels takes up the story nearly half a century later.It not only tells how The Angel Doll came about, but how it set the narrator, now the possessor of the doll, on his own quest to find his long-missing friend Whitey so that he can solve a Christmas mystery and return the doll to its rightful place.An endearing story of friendship, love and giving, A Gift of Angels is sure to find a place in readers' hearts, even if they haven't read The Angel Doll.

A Gift of Angels ( ISBN 9781878086808 )

WebBookStore

Pittsburgh, PA, U.S.A.
Price : 8 USD
Brand new, As published by St. Martin's Press. Hardcover edition.112 pages. Book Size: Length: 7 inches, Width 5 Height inches 0.6 Inches. Book weight: 0.5 pounds. This book will require no additional postage. Orders processed on AbeBooks Monday - Friday and ships 6 days a week. Synopsis: If even a small part of a child still lives within your heart, you can't help but be captivated by this deeply moving novella based on bestselling author Jerry Bledsoe's childhood memories. Set in a North Carolina manufacturing town during the 1950s, it is the poignant story of two ten-year-old boys and their search for an angel doll, a search that turned into a lesson of love. Every day Whitey Black reads The Littlest Angel to his sister Sandy, a four-year-old stricken with polio. Now she wants just one thing for Christmas: an angel doll. Unfortunately, in this small North Carolina town, no one has ever heard of such a thing. Nevertheless, Whitey Black and his best friend set out to find her one, at great cost and for even greater reward. Along the way they learn much about sadness and heartbreak, but most important, they learn about the transformative power of love. The Angel Doll is about childhood reaching out in later life and grabbing hold-never to be forgotten or remembered exactly as it was. Timeless and touching, The Angel Doll is sure to become a family favorite and a tradition for years to come. . 13 Digit ISBN number: 9780312171049. 10 Digit ISBN: 0312171048.

A Gift of Angels ( ISBN 9781878086808 )

WebBookStore

Pittsburgh, PA, U.S.A.
Price : 16 USD
Brand new, As published by Down Home Press. Hardcover edition.149 pages. Book Size: Length: 7 inches, Width 5 Height inches 0.76 Inches. Book weight: 0.5 pounds. This book will require no additional postage. Orders processed on AbeBooks Monday - Friday and ships 6 days a week. Synopsis: This novel by a true-crime writer, set in the 1950s, is the story of a dying little girl who wants an angel doll for Christmas. Her brother Whitey, a poor newsboy, spends his hard-earned money on the doll, but his sister dies before she can receive it. The author then provides some background about the boy who inspired the novel: every year at Christmastime, he provided dolls to a children's hospital in memory of his beloved sister until his untimely hero's death in Vietnam. 13 Digit ISBN number: 9781878086808. 10 Digit ISBN: 1878086804.

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