The Christmas Wife

by Helen Norris

Book Overview

Afraid to spend the Christmas holiday alone, an aging widower hires a woman to keep him company...when these two lonely souls meet, the result is a heartwarming and redeeming weekend that will change... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• ISBN: B000H2MKIG
• Release Date: October 2005
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.

Customer Reviews

a unique treasure

Norris is one of the finest of short story writers. Because she is an artist rather than a commercial writer, she can devote her time to this literary form which is no longer lucrative. And how carefully crafted her stories are; they should be read aloud, in order to savor the music of their rhythms. Of special value is the insight given into mature lives. Writers who celebrate youth exist in abundance, but how many have mirrored the particular joys and sorrows of later years? The title story of this volume, which became a movie with Julie Harris and Jason Robards, Jr., does for maturity what Salinger's CATCHER IN THE RYE did for youth. It is more than a great holiday tale. It is a classic, alone well worth the price of the book!