title: Hope at Christmas: A Novel
author:  Nancy Naigle 
description: "Naigle's wonderfully heartwarming holiday story will appeal to romance and women's fiction readers." --<i>Library Journal</i>
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  # I WON’T BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Amanda Prowse
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Start Reading](003.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [About this Book](003.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [About the Author](028.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Table of Contents](005.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  # [About I Won’t be Home for Christmas](../Text/005.html#a5)
  
  
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  While her free-spirited daughter travels the world, Vivienne prepares for a
  lonely Christmas in Bristol, with her best friend Ellen and her ancient dog
  Bob.
  
  
  Then a letter arrives that changes everything. Vivienne’s daughter is getting
  married in New Zealand, and she wants her mum and Ellen by her side.
  
  
  But out on the rugged coast of Tutukaka, the sea sparkles, romance beckons –
  and Vivienne falls under the spell of another life. Will she leave everything
  she holds dear for a chance at happiness? Or will her daughter be the only one
  to fall in love this Christmas?
  
  
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