Christmas bells : a novel
In present-day Boston, a dedicated teacher in the Watertown public school system is stunned by somber holiday tidings. Sophia's music program has been sacrificed to budget cuts, and she worries not only about her impending unemployment but also about the consequences to her underprivileged students. At the church where she volunteers as music director, Sophia tries to forget her cares as she leads the children's choir in rehearsal for a Christmas Eve concert. Inspired to honor a local artist, Sophia has chosen a carol set to a poem by Longfellow, moved by the glorious words he penned one Christmas Day long ago, even as he suffered great loss. In 1863 Cambridge, the peace and contentment of Longfellow's family circle was suddenly, tragically broken, cutting even deeper than the privations of wartime. Through the pain of profound loss and hardship, Longfellow's patriotism never failed, nor did the power of his language. "Christmas Bells," the poem he wrote that holiday, lives on, spoken as verse and sung as a hymn.
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- ISBN: 9781490694108
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sound disc
9 audio discs (10 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. - Edition Unabridged.
- Publisher Prince Frederick, MD : Recorded Books, [2015]
- Copyright ℗2015
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General Note: | Title from container. Compact disc. In container (17 cm.). GMD: compact disc. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Narrated by Christina Moore. |