There is an air of mystery, almost a taste of fantasy, but always with a good heart issue at the core. We become engaged with the characters and with the town atmosphere. The plot is slow to develop, but holds our interest in many ways. I have read many of her Christmas stories, and my heart has always been touched in one way or other. Her books are refreshing, unique, and meaningful. When I want a unique story to read, especially a Christmas story, Melody Carson is my go to author. One by one, people entered the shop and their lives were subtly changed. She wanted Matilda's small business to succeed. Susanna was baffled when she tried to warn Matilda what people were saying about her. But while all this is happening, mysterious things were going on. People began to get angry and the other businesses on that street signed a petition to close Matilda's store down. It looked like a shoddy thriftshop, not a Christmas store. When the doors opened the mystery deepened. No one could figure out this new businesswoman. They picked on the items a few have seen that were to be put on the shelves. People were now being nosy, curious, and nasty. "Christmas Shoppe." Before the doors were open for business, rumors began to fly all over town. Then a big sign was delivered to the old Barton Building. She didn't tell anyone what type of business it was, but rumors were flying. Matilda began preparing her building for her business. They had heard he wanted to sell it to a big box discount store. He had wanted to buy that old building himself, although many in the community weren't so excited about that. Honeycutt put in a bid for the old vacant building, it was accepted and that didn't sit right with George Snider, either. So he tried to quietly make her life difficult. First, the city hired a female city manager, Susanna Elton. Councilman George Snider didn't like change. Then Matilda Honeycutt purchased the old Barton Building in the downtown area and things began to change. Urn:oclc:785723090 Republisher_date 20170703135815 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 510 Scandate 20170701030748 Scanner Springs was typical small town USA. Urn:lcp:christmasshoppe00carl_0:epub:df46bbd6-97f9-474e-b5e5-c06afd2e8835 Extramarc OhioLINK Library Catalog Foldoutcount 0 Identifier christmasshoppe00carl_0 Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t7xm29r6j Invoice 1213 Isbn 9780800719265Ġ800719263 Lccn 2011009648 Ocr ABBYY FineReader 11.0 Ocr_converted abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.6 Ocr_module_version 0.0.13 Openlibrary OL25108955M Openlibrary_edition Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 20:24:39 Bookplateleaf 0006 Boxid IA1153324 Boxid_2 CH129802 City Grand Rapids, MI Donor
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