No Place Like Home (Holiday Classics) [Mass Market Paperback]

Fern Michaels (Author)

Book Description

Series: Holiday Classics | Publication Date: November 5, 2002

Join beloved bestselling author Fern Michaels in her first holiday novel, a spirited, touching tale of three dynamic siblings who will do anything to bring their grandmother home for Christmas.

The Cisco triplets are appalled by their widowed father's behavior. He seems to care more about his gold-digging fiancée than he does about his own son and daughters. Even worse, Dad put their spunky grandmother -- head of the family candy company -- in a nursing home against her will. Setting out to spring Granny Cisco, college seniors Sara, Hannah, and Sam soon prove that trouble comes in threes. Apparently, so does love. . . . As the triplets get their grandmother the medical care that will make her independent again, all three find unexpected romance. If everything goes according to plan, there's going to be quite a crowd at Granny's house come Christmas -- and more proof than ever that there's no place like home for the holidays.

Includes a discussion with Fern Michaels and an excerpt from her new Cisco family novel, Family Blessings

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

High-quality, homegrown story-telling has long been Michaels's stock-in-trade, and this story is a holiday treat for readers seeking classic country Christmas atmosphere and an extra helping of romance for all; by the end of the tale, even the protagonists' dogs find true love. The touching, if melodramatic, plot line revolves around gutsy Loretta Cisco, the founder of a flourishing rural candy company. Loretta has been committed to a nursing home against her will by her son, a widower under the malevolent influence of his fortune-hunter fiancee, but Loretta's irrepressible 20-something grandchildren are determined to spring their grandma and bring her home for the holidays. What makes the tale uniquely charming isn't plot as much as its warmth and the wealth of evocative details that bring the broken family's Allegheny mountain celebration to vivid life. Bursting with humor and high holiday spirits-unlike last year's inspirational but dark What You Wish For-this warmhearted confection is as soothing as a cup of hot cocoa.
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Library Journal

Furious with their widowed father for putting their adored, cataract-afflicted grandmother in a nursing home and seeking a second opinion, the Cisco triplets take matters into their own hands and whisk her off to a highly regarded hospital near her rustic mountain home in the Allegheny foothills. The hospital, however, holds some romantic surprises for two of the triplets, and by the time everyone gathers for an old-fashioned Christmas at Granny Cisco's, the romantic future of all the family members is clearly defined. The overriding theme of this fast-paced, sassy, but warmly sentimental contemporary romance is the importance of family. It will appeal to readers who like their Christmas stories sweet, home-centered, and filled with happy endings. Michaels (Kentucky Sunrise) is a veteran author of various fiction genres. This is her first holiday novel.
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Pocket Books; Regular Print/Single Titl edition (November 5, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0743457951
• ISBN-13: 978-0743457958
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,293,473 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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More About the Author

Fern Michaels is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of Fool Me Once, Sweet Revenge, The Nosy Neighbor, Pretty Woman, and dozens of other novels and novellas. There are over seventy million copies of her books in print. Fern Michaels has built and funded several large day-care centers in her hometown, and is a passionate animal lover who has outfitted police dogs across the country with special bulletproof vests. She shares her home in South Carolina with her four dogs and a resident ghost named Mary Margaret.

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Happy Holidays, November 24, 2002

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A. Y. Smittle (Winchester, VA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: No Place Like Home (Holiday Classics) (Mass Market Paperback)

Predictable. Fast-paced. Slightly sappy. Good.
I always wanted to read one of those holiday books that seem to be popping up more and more each Christmas, so this one just happened to be sitting there and I was in the mood. I was a bit thwarted by the price for such a slim volume. Nature of paperback, nowadays, I guess. Anyways.
The story is about smart-mouthed, college going triplets, their evil dad gone astray and their tough old granny, whos also head of a candy factory. Will they make dad realize what a mistake hes making with his life before its too late? Will Christmas be ruined? They were too late for Thanksgiving....
Some of the story is silly. The "trips" go searching for their squeezes, saving their lives on a dangerous snowmobile expedition. Yet, other people are still out driving around in cars in a Christmas Eve snowstorm, the very moment they are out doing James Bond stuff.
Everything goes along perfectly and predictably. I didn't cry, but Ms. Michaels tries her hardest to get you to. I think its because its just too fast paced and not so very indepth to get emotional. Its a good read to pass around the fire at the holidays.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Heartwarming, January 6, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: No Place Like Home (Holiday Classics) (Mass Market Paperback)

I was so filled with the holiday spirit after reading No Place Like Home. I just had a really good feeling while I was reading it and afterwards, too. The trips are so high spirited and fun. And I just absolutely loved Cisco. She was such a beautiful person and so strong, loving, compassionate and caring. Reminded me of my own fun-loving grandmother many years ago. This was truly a wonderful holiday story. I'm already looking forward to next year's story about this family.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Need to warm up a bit? Stake out the couch with this book., December 29, 2002

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Sandi Jones (Cincinnati, Ohio USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: No Place Like Home (Holiday Classics) (Mass Market Paperback)

You must take into account that Fern Michaels is not trying to write the great Russian novel here. The objective of this entire genre, is a nice pleasant distraction from the seriousness of real life. (And don't tell me that the men's genre of action adventure has any more literary worth. Both fill a need for escape) Disclaimer upfront, how about a review?

If you need a bit of a holiday lift, whether it's the holiday season or not, pick up this little book. This whole tale is about family values, and coming together for each other, no matter what, especially for the holidays. There is a great deal of reminiscing, and a good dose of wrong doing, and forgiveness.

Widower, Jonathan Cisco puts his mother Loretta Cisco, into a nursing home due to her failing health. Jonathan had no time to deal with his mother, and was being persuaded to modernize the candy company by his new gold digger girlfriend. Loretta's placement was sudden, and against her will. She is a strong willed woman. She was strong enough to start and run a successful candy company after being widowed in her youth. She was strong enough to take on the lion's share of the child rearing duties of her son's triplets after his wife died. This created a strong bond between the triplets and the grandmother. The triplets were incensed when they found out that their father had tossed their grandmother in a nursing home without so much as a mention to them. The triplets make it their mission to spring her from the nursing home.