Many girls dream of becoming princesses, but for the heroine of Holiday in Your Heart, nothing could be better than singing at the Grand Ole Opry. Teenaged singing sensation Anna Lee has realized her dream of performing a holiday concert on the fabled stage. Yet her happiness is clouded by thoughts of her grandmother, stricken with a serious illness back in her native Mississippi and unable to see her beloved granddaughter triumph at this special time of year. It takes the lessons of an older country singer, a musical legend now past her prime, to show the young woman that if you carry a holiday in your heart all year round, you'll always know which things really matter, which songs are the ones you have to sing. LeAnn Rimes's legions of fans will find Holiday in Your Heart a tale as heartrending as the finest country ballad.
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Editorial Reviews
From Library Journal
Rimes, the popular teenaged country music star, spent 1996 conquering the Billboard charts and Grammys. Now she has teamed with veteran writer Tom Carter (compiler of George Jones's I Lived To Tell It All, LJ 12/95) to produce another variation on the heartwarming Christmas tale, complete with angel. Here the story is of a 14-year-old country singer on the cusp of stardom who gets a lesson in loyalty and family values from a former, now forgotten, country legend. This slight volume will be more of a gift item than a library staple. Public libraries may want to consider it as an addition to their holiday collections.
-?Jan Blodgett, Davidson Coll., N.C.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
-?Jan Blodgett, Davidson Coll., N.C.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Kirkus Reviews
A child country-music star, forced to choose between family and success, is guided by an angel in this music-video-on-paper that's been cobbled together by (surprise!) a child country-music star and her adult helper. It's yuletide in Nashville, and 14-year-old Anna Lee is in town to appear at the Grand Ole Opry--having become a sensation her first time around. Daughter of a blue-collar, part-time musician and veteran of nine years on the small-town bandstands of Mississippi and Texas, Anna appreciates the fact that the record- company meetings scheduled for this visit can make or break her career. Yet, when her father's favorite country singer from the '40s, now in serious decline, invites her to kill a day touring the town with her, Anna can't resist. The next morning, though, while Anna's waiting for her new friend (``I can't tell her name''), she receives a call saying that beloved Grandma Teeden in Mississippi is in the hospital with serious heart trouble. Can Anna rush to her granny's bedside? Guiltily, she claims that business concerns force her to stay where she is--and then she rushes off for her day on the town. Strangely, though, Anna's new friend shows her not only the famous old musicians' hangouts but such grittier ``musicians'- life'' locales as the bus station through which the failures shuffle back home. Anna even finds herself on a bus headed out to the countryside, where her companion tells her of a blizzard that once buried an entire busload of people, including herself, for days. The moral? Well, a chastened Anna, filled suddenly with family loyalty above all else, is eager to go back to Grandma and home. But when Anna tells her dad who she spent the day with, he claims that that singer has been dead for years. . . . Consumer product more than creative work, with copyright held not even by an author, but by LeAnn Rimes Entertainment, Inc. (Author tour) -- Copyright ©1997, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great book to bring back holiday memories.,
By A Customer
This review is from: Holiday in Your Heart (Hardcover)
This book was very good. I really enjoyed it. Tom Carter and LeAnn Rimes worked good together. The book turned out great! The book talks about a new singer in the country music business, Anna Lee and the things that all other newcomers to the music industry go through. However, Anna Lee has something else to worry about. Her grandmother is in the hospital, dying. Anna Lee has to make a decision between promoting her career by going on the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, or going back home to visit her grandmother in the hospital. The book is basically based on that decision. In Anna Lee's decision making, an 'unnamed' singer takes Anna Lee back to the past. The singer shows Anna Lee what she had to go through to get where she is today and told Anna Lee what she needed to do...Anna Lee made the right decision in my opinion and things turned out good for her. This book is based around the time of Christmas. It would be great to read during the holidays, or read a couple of months before Christmas to bring back old memories and get you in the Christmas spirit a little early. It is a great book to read. I really enjoyed it!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
LeAnn Rimes Writing A Book?,
By Trey Austin (USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Holiday in Your Heart (Hardcover)
Okay. I knew she could sing but, writing a book?? It's great I think!! This book was shortly after being released, turned into a movie on the life of a girl who always dreamed of singing at the Grand Ole Opry. Her dreams come true when one of the acts cancells and can't sing. The next in like is LeAnn. I've seen the movie but I haven't read the book yet. If the book is just like the movie, I'm sure it's a great book!! I loved the movie and while watching the movie, I wrote down the songs that were sung and mentioned in the movie, and made a soundtrack which can be purchased by email me at Godschild4ever2001@yahoo.com! It's the best album you can get if you like the movie, LeAnn, and her music!!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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Leann meets a past star and learns a shocking secret.,
By A Customer
This review is from: Holiday in Your Heart (Hardcover)
Leann Rimes and Tom Carter write a fascinating novel which is sure to please anyone who reads it.
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