If you are trying to rediscover the traditional joys of yuletide celebrations, then look no further. Classic Christmas is a stirring collection of more than seventy true-life stories that chronicle the simpler delights of the season. These touching tales include:
Mama's Gift, a story of a grieving young woman comforted by the arrival of a Christmas gift from her mother, several days after her death.
Lighting of the Tree, in which the townspeople of a tropical paradise find the Christmas spirit, despite the palm trees and warm weather.
Daddy's Christmas Dinner, about a domestically-challenged father who comes through for his family when his wife is unexpectedly hospitalized. A book that celebrates the spiritual meaning of the holidays, Classic Christmas will evoke warm memories of your Christmases past-and remind you that most precious gift of the season is the love you share with friends and family.
Cheryl was born in Duncan, Oklahoma, and grew up in Seminole, Oklahoma. She graduated from the University of Oklahoma, and holds a B.A. in English. She has taught numerous writing classes and workshops over the past years and also works on an individual basis with many of her students, and other authors, locally and nationwide.
Cheryl's most recent publications include her third novel, released through The Wild Rose Press in October, 2010, "SWEET DANGER." Her debut novel, "FIRE EYES," was released in May, 2009, and was an EPIC AWARD FINALIST in 2010. Her second novel, "TIME PLAINS DRIFTER," was re-released in July, 2011.
She has also sold numerous short stories, as a contributor for the Adams Media and Victory Tales Press anthologies. Adams Media anthologies include "The Rocking Chair Reader: Family Gatherings", as well as the earlier "The Rocking Chair Reader: Memories from the Attic." Her short stories also appear in the 2006-09 editions of the Adams Media Christmas anthologies, as well as various other publications, including "Chicken Soup for the Empty Nester's Soul." Her holiday short story, "A NIGHT FOR MIRACLES," was released in December, 2009, through The Wild Rose Press.
Her Victory Tales Press stories include "TO MAKE THE MAGIC LAST," (A Summer Collection, 2010), "ALWAYS AND FOREVER," (A Halloween Collection-Stimulating, 2010), "HOMECOMING," (A Christmas Collection-Sweet, 2010), "SCARLET RIBBONS," (A Christmas Collection-Sensual, 2010), "WHITE CHRISTMAS," (A Christmas Collection-Spicy, 2010), "A HEART FOR A HEART," (A Valentine Collection), "THE LAST OF HER KIND," (A Mystery/Suspense Collection), "JASON'S ANGEL," (A Historical Collection), "EVERY GIRL'S DREAM," (A Western Saga), "ONE MAGIC NIGHT," (2011 SUMMER COLLECTION)and "MEANT TO BE," which appears in the 2011 Christmas Collection.
"TO MAKE THE MAGIC LAST," "SCARLET RIBBONS," "HOMECOMING," "WHITE CHRISTMAS," "ALWAYS AND FOREVER," "A HEART FOR A HEART," and "THE LAST OF HER KIND," are now available as "stand alone" .99 short stories, as well.
Her paranormal western short story, "THE KINDNESS OF STRANGERS," appears in the WESTERN FICTIONEERS ANTHOLOGY, "THE TRADITIONAL WEST," which was published in the summer of 2011.
Although Cheryl has written and sold articles to local newspapers as well as these short stories, her first love remains romance novel writing. With the release of TIME PLAINS DRIFTER, her debut novel in the speculative romance genre of paranormal/time travel, she garnered the Honorable Mention Award in the "Best New Paranormal Author" category in the prestigious PEARL contest, presented 3/21/10.
TIME PLAINS DRIFTER also received a 4.5 review from Romantic Times Magazine. She's now at work on another novel, TIME PLAINS GUARDIAN, in the speculative romance genre of western historical paranormal/time travel. She has just completed a western historical novel, GABRIEL'S LAW(3rd place in the historical category, SARA MERRITT COMPETITION, 2010), and currently has another contemporary novel, OF DREAMS FORGOTTEN, under consideration.
Cheryl lives with her husband in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, where she has been for the past 27 years. She has two grown children, ages 22 and 25.
You can visit her website at http://www.cherylpierson.com
You can visit her blogs at: http://www.cherylpiersonbooks.blogspot.com and also at http://www.westwindsromance.blogspot.com
This review is from: Classic Christmas: True Stories of Holiday Cheer and Goodwill (Paperback)
What a wonderful book to start the holidays with! The short stories in this book are delicious morsels of Christmas memories that brought back my own personal memories of Christmas time. "Classic Christmas" is a collection of short stories that are easy to read and really fill you with the holiday spirit. The addition of the "spotlight" of the individual towns through out the book really add to the home spun feel of the stories. This book will be added to my list of gifts to family and friends this year for sure!
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This review is from: Classic Christmas: True Stories of Holiday Cheer and Goodwill (Paperback)
I love this book. That's not because I'm one of the many writers who contributed to this volume but because these are such true to life stories about Christmas that you can't help but be moved by them. The stories range from the bittersweet to the tender and to authentic miracles but there's never a moment when I doubted any of them.
This is a great book to read during the holiday season to boost spirits or to read any time of the year to capture a little bit of the Christmas spirit year round.
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