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>
zlib_text: I WON’T BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS
   
  Amanda Prowse
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  Ab ou t  I Won’t be Home for Christmas
  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?
  
  This book is for Jennifer Haggerty and Anne Ward, who became
  Jennifer L ee and Anne S mith.
  Through thick and thin, and through the highs and lows –  and
  God only knows, there have been a few! Nearly seven decades on
  and still laughing inappropriately.
  Best f