Nora Bonesteel’s
Christmas Past (Abingdon) is a cozy ballad novella by New York Times best selling
author, Sharyn McCrumb. In typical McCrumb style, the reader enters a quaint
world in the Tennessee mountains where characters are quirky, endearing and
believable.
Two stories that run side by side within this novella and
the only relationship between them would seem to be the intrinsic mountain
feel. But neither thread highlights biblical faith, as one would have expected
given that Abingdon fiction’s motto is “a novel approach to faith.” On the
contrary, part of the story, although charming, emphasizes connecting with spirits
(or ghosts)—something the Bible clearly prohibits.
Nora Bonesteel is familiar with the mountains of Tennessee
where she has lived all her life. She is also familiar with the spirit world
and seems to possess an uncanny gift: an ability to connect with the dead. Nora’s
gift provides useful in solving a disturbing mystery for the new owners of the
beautiful home previously owned by a wonderful family, the Honeycutts. These
new owners seem to have stirred up something unseen within the walls of this
old home.
Read my full review of this novella in Assist News.
Janey DeMeo M.A.
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