The Christmas Shoes (Center Point Premier Fiction (Large Print))

by Donna Vanliere

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“If we're open it, God can use even the smallest thing to change our lives...”



I've heard the song, I've watched the movie, and until this years search for Christmas books I had no idea it was a book and had its own series!



In the Christmas Shoes, we follow two families both struggling to stay together, one because of cancer and the other because of being too busy. They've both had interactions with each other because of having lived in the same small town, but they don't really know each other.



The story is basically the same as both the song and movie (it's been a long time since I've seen the movie so please tell me if I'm wrong), the main difference is, of course, we get more details about both families and see what they were like before we saw them this Christmas and how we got to this point in the families lives.



“I don't know what sort of occasion I was waiting for...because every day was a special occasion with your father.”



This is a heartbreaking story, but it also really shows a really nice side to Christmas. We get reminded that it doesn't matter how much money you have, etc. What's truly important is spending time with your family and actually being in their lives and truly loving them is what's most important.



I can't wait to read the other books in this series and see what the little boy in this story gets up too next because I think he's going to turn out to be a really good guy from what we've seen so far.