One Holy Night

ISBN-13: 9781936438242 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 320 str.

J M Hochstetler

Opis

As on that night so long ago . . . in a world torn by sin and strife . . . to a family that has suffered heart-wrenching loss . . . there will be born a baby . . . It s 1967, and the Vietnam War is tearing the country apart, slicing through generations and shattering families. Because of Japanese atrocities he witnessed as a Marine in the South Pacific during WWII, Frank McRae despises all Asians. Now his son, Mike, is a grunt in Viet Nam, and his wife, Maggie, is fighting her own battle against cancer. When Mike falls in love with Thi Nhuong, a young Buddhist woman, and marries her in spite of his father s objections, Frank disowns him. Then, as Christmas approaches, Frank s world is torn apart, and he turns bitter, closing his heart to God and to his family. But what Frank doesn t know is that on this bleak Christmas Eve, God has in mind a miracle. As on that holy night so long ago, a baby will be born and laid in a manger a baby who will bring forgiveness, peace, and healing to a family that has suffered heart-wrenching loss."