04014cam a2200661 4500 526026016 TxAuBib 20211106120000.0 ||||||s2002||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781565128583 1565128583 B0094JB34K Amazon 44b8c28b-afbc-47f1-bda4-30baaf1f4c1c OverDrive (Reserve ID) 1061515 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Smith, Lee. The Christmas Letters [OverDrive]. Algonquin Books, 2002. family. generations. tradition. marriage. holidays. women. relatives. important. Hopes. Dreams. inspiration. Letters. friends. american women. three generations. disappointments. shared experiences. stories about women. stories of love. female stories. shared recipes. in a letter of her own. down home story. celebrate who we are. story of a life. read between the lines. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 2288kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Fiction. Literature. HTML:<p>In <i>The Christmas Letters</i>, three generations of women reveal their stories of love and marriage in the letters they write to family and friends during the holidays. It's a down-home Christmas story about tradition, family, and the shared experiences of women.Here, in a letter of her own, Lee Smith explains how she was inspired to write this celebrated epistolary novel:Dear Friends,Like me, you probably get Christmas letters every year. I read every word and save every letter. Because every Christmas letter is the story of a life, and what story can be more interesting than the story of our lives? Often, it is the story of an entire family. But you also have to read between the lines with Christmas letters. Sometimes, what is not said is even more important than what is on the page.In <i>The Christmas Letters</i>, I have used this familiar format to illumine the lives, hopes, dreams, and disappointments of three generations of American women. Much of the story of <i>The Christmas Letters</i> is also told through shared recipes. As Mary, my favorite character, says, "I feel as if I have written out my life story in recipes! The Cool Whip and mushroom soup years, the hibachi and fondue period, then the quiche and crepes phase, and now it's these salsa years."I wrote this little book for the same reason I write to my friends and relatives every holiday—Christmas letters give us a chance to remember and celebrate who we are. With warmest greetings, Lee Smith</p>. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2021-11-04 17:40:22. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/1953-1/44B/8C2/8B/ChristmasLetters9781565128583.epub Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=44B8C28B-AFBC-47F1-BDA4-30BAAF1F4C1C&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/1953-1/44B/8C2/8B/ChristmasLetters9781565128583.epub Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=44B8C28B-AFBC-47F1-BDA4-30BAAF1F4C1C&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/1953-1/44B/8C2/8B/ChristmasLetters9781565128583.epub Excerpt (OverDrive Read) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=44B8C28B-AFBC-47F1-BDA4-30BAAF1F4C1C&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)