02128cam a2200421 i 4500 1111910326 TxAuBib 20240101120000.0 220727s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9798885783873 large print; hardcover (OCoLC)1350283088 ETC eng rda ETC OCLCQ FZL OCLCF IH9 IMT BKL RNL INR JQM TnLvILS TxAuBib rda Evans, Richard Paul, author. A Christmas memory / Richard Paul Evans. Large print edition. Waterville, ME : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2022. ©2022. 231 pages (large print) ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Thorndike large print basic series. "A novel"--Cover. Published in 2022 by arrangement with Gallery Books, an division of Simon & Schuster, Inc. "It's 1967, and for young Richard it's a time of heartbreak and turmoil. Over the span of a few months, his brother, Mark, is killed in Vietnam; his father loses his job and moves the family to Utah; and his parents separate. When Richard is run down by bullies at his new school, he meets Mr. Foster, an elderly neighbor who chases off the bullies. Richard becomes fast friends with the man who inspires Richard's love for books and whose dog becomes his closest companion. With Mr. Foster's wisdom and kindness, Richard learns what truly matters: that forgiveness can heal the deepest wounds, and love endures long after the pain of loss subsides."-- Back cover. 20240101. Holidays Fiction. Families Fiction. Death Fiction. Grief Fiction. Belief and doubt Fiction. Large print books. lcgft Christmas fiction. Bildungsromans. Historical fiction. lcgft Domestic fiction. Thorndike large print basic series.