{"product_id":"the-bells-of-christmas-ii-erol-engin-9781915221032","title":"The Bells of Christmas II: Eight Stories of Christmas Hope","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e100% of profits\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e from sales will go to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Roll up, roll up, folks! Hear ye, read ye ... these eight-yes \u003ci\u003eeight\u003c\/i\u003e-stupefying stories we have for you upon this year's yuletide. Come one, come all for tidings of Christmas hope! Savor these dainty dramas and delight in delicious darkness fantastical, with all sure to enchant readers aplenty this holiday season! \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Come, good gentlefolk, as we alight gently on December 24th, the last sleep before Christmas! In Bradley Harper's \u003ci\u003eThe Bells of Christmas\u003c\/i\u003e the midnight carols have echoed off into the night as Julius slumbers beneath his bleak blanket, nestled in the bowels of the homeless shelter. A visitor will arrive to make his Christmas wish come true in a most unexpected way ... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Beware, have a care! For Derek McFadden is back among the ghosts in \u003ci\u003eThe Last Christmas Gift\u003c\/i\u003e, in which\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eTravis is on the edge of despair while on a most unexpected boat ride. Look yonder, good gentlefolk, for \u003ci\u003ethere\u003c\/i\u003e, just boarding ... surely not Pops, his beloved grandfather departed these twenty years hence ...? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Now, light ye all \u003ci\u003eA Winter Candle\u003c\/i\u003e as we partake of Bradley Harper's telling of Ben, newly retired from the military. What is an old soldier to do when he feels his family is lost to him? Why, folks, become a Santa Claus, of course! But who is it that detects the faintest flicker of hope in his heart? I tell you, someone up North is watching ... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"But lo! Not all these gifts within are fiction. Oh, no, good folks! For within, there sit true-life encounters too. Hear Bradley Harper recount fact stranger than fiction! Hear ye what he's learned in \u003ci\u003eWhat Santa Has Taught Me\u003c\/i\u003e, an essay of experiences as a real-life Santa Claus. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Good people, come close ... let me whisper this to ye ... 'Who among us didn't love Christmases when we were all but wee wildlings?' Ah, then relive the magic of your childhood in Maria O'Rourke's \u003ci\u003eCalling Us Home\u003c\/i\u003e as she lovingly recalls the magic of Irish Christmases of yore, where enchantment and excitement were magic unto themselves! \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Will Knight's \u003ci\u003eThe Bear's Last Word on the Matter\u003c\/i\u003e fairly hales at the heartstrings in this final pull of Christmas crackers for one lad's special childhood friend at the \"Bears Cares Home.\" With one last Christmas together, are their adventures truly concluded? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"And now, I ask you all, fair folk: \u003ci\u003edare\u003c\/i\u003e you encounter the bitter-sweetness of \u003ci\u003eThe Sugar Plum Redux\u003c\/i\u003e? Lilla Glass gifts us a fantastical fae, a tenebrous telling of \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNutcracker\u003c\/i\u003e from a very different point of view ... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Ah, but all good things ... Yet still one last journey, fair folk, where we must ask ourselves if Gus is not the hero in his own story, then who can it be? Andy, the 'real' and righteous writer? Or perhaps Daphne, the nonconformist neighbor? Before we reach journey's end, Erol Engin will show us how even the most selfish and insecure can provide a Christmas miracle in \u003ci\u003eA Tintoretto of the Soul\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Bless you, one and all, for your forbearance! Click ye yonder \u003ci\u003ebuy now\u003c\/i\u003e button and may your generous soul bequeath donations desired by that most worthy and hearty of hospitals, St Jude! For, above all, 'tis surely the season for children. For who among us deserves magic more than they?\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAward-winning authors Bradley Harper, Derek McFadden, and Erol Engin lead this seasonal collection of magical storytelling, with \u003cb\u003e100% of profits from sales going to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e*\u003ci\u003eThe Bells of Christmas II\u003c\/i\u003e features Bradley Harper's flash fiction story and his essay previously published in \u003ci\u003eThe Bells of Christmas\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Erol Engin,Lilla Glass,Will Knight\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 191522103X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781915221032\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Papillon Du Pere Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/15\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 236\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.61lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.50d","brand":"Erol Engin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48800604586239,"sku":"9781915221032","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-bells-of-christmas-ii-erol-engin-9781915221032","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}