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One Christmas Morning
One Christmas Morning: A Novel | Rachel Greenlaw
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For fans of The Midnight Library and One Day in December who love a dash of Dickensian magic, One Christmas Morning is a heartwarming debut novel about a womans self-discovery, the strength found in friendship, and the promise of second chances. Eva has spent the past three years burying herself in her work, trying to forget the heartbreaking events of the Christmas that ripped her world apart. This year, the last thing she wants is to attend her friends weekend-long Christmas party. But at her husband James insistence, here they are. When Evaoverwhelmed by bittersweet memoriestries to sneak back to London in the middle of the night, she is visited by the ghost of her beloved grandmother. Gran tells Eva that if she doesnt face her fears head-on and stop shutting out her loved ones, she risks losing them all forever. When Eva wakes on Christmas morning, she finds herself living not her own life, but that of her hardworking assistant, Diana, whose overflowing inbox isnt the only secret shes been keeping. The next day, she wakes on Christmas morning again, this time in the body of her best friends little sister. As Eva lives the same day again and again through the perspectives of her friends, she is offered a glimpse into the lives of those she has been pushing away. With each Christmas Day comes a new lessonand an insight into the secrets and struggles her loved ones have been hiding. To move forward, Eva must let go of the past. But is it too late to fix her future?
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wanderinglynn
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A great book to read on Christmas Day. I love stories with magical realism. And while this one does have an HEA, it has an ending that also feels authentic.

TW: miscarriage, grief, loss

Mollyanna I love the cute puzzles! 11mo
wanderinglynn @Mollyanna thanks! I love these little 150 piece puzzles from MicroPuzzles. 🧩💚🎄 11mo
Mollyanna I‘ll have to check them out, perfect size after a 1000 piece! 11mo
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Branwen Ooooh, this sounds wonderful! 💕📚 11mo
wanderinglynn @Mollyanna yes! Mini puzzles are a nice palate cleanser after a 1000 piece. 👍🏻 11mo
wanderinglynn @Branwen I love stories with a little magical realism. 11mo
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“I love midnight. My favorite time of day,” Gran says with a wistful sigh as we start walking. “Anything can happen. Or nothing. Or everything. Who knows?”

IndoorDame I love this puzzle!!!!! 11mo
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wanderinglynn @IndoorDame @Bklover @DebinHawaii thanks! It‘s one of my faves—Planet Longing by artist Natacha Einat & puzzle by Schmidt Spiele. 11mo
Gissy Beautiful 😍 11mo
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wanderinglynn
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Thank you so much @Scochrane26 😘❤️💚

I can‘t wait to dive into this book! And the chocolate 😋

And thank you Chelle for hosting #jolabokaflod!

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Andrew65
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This was a really enjoyable Christmas read covering the story of Eva who has reached a crisis point in her life, following a period of grief and hiding herself away in other things. Suddenly over a Christmas away her gran re-appears to her and this is the cue for ghostly intervention.

#DashingDecember #Book10

Andrew65 I felt this was a very cleverly put together book that gave the right amount of time to introducing us to Eva‘s life, the ghostly interventions and what happened following this intervention. Eva, and the reader, definitely goes on a rollercoaster of emotions seeing her life crisis from different viewpoints, and there are some hard hitting punches thrown in there too. (edited) 11mo
Andrew65 I love the plotting of the book and the characters were cleverly written so that you ended up caring about all of them.

I loved the ending to the book and some of the messages that it delivered, as well as seeing the changes in Eva, it do be aware this isn‘t all sunshine and roses.

I would definitely recommend this book, and would be keen to read more books by this author.
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Read4life Love your review. This is on my TBR and it just moved up 🤓 11mo
Andrew65 @Read4life Hope you enjoy it 😁 11mo
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