LONGWOOD, FL-There's a war going on, and Clementine Rose Miles has her eyes open. Is the new hired hand a Nazi spy? Whether it's helping Grandma churn butter, understanding her teen-impaired sister, approaching the unapproachable Mrs. McPugh, or praying for her uncle's unredeemed soul, Clementine stays on the case until it's solved. B. R. Roberts' novel What a Christmas! (paperback, 978-1-60266-604-7) tells a very grown-up story with a child's humor and candor. In spite of one disaster after another befalling the Miles family, tears, love, and laughter anchor them to their faith. "My book celebrates two things," says the author, "the 'God with us' and the 'God in us.' If God's gift to us is Christ, then our gift back to God is receiving Him."
In today's politically correct society, it has become increasingly difficult to share our faith. Storytelling, the preferred teaching method of Jesus, still seems to work best, says Roberts. Her desire to see this country return to its Christian roots spawned her penning of what she terms the "Good News repackaged." Says Roberts, "Most newsworthy things today deal with crime and bad news. Perhaps offering the reader the antithesis of newsworthy (wholesomeness and good news) will itself be newsworthy."
B. R. Roberts is a grandmother of six who has been writing since 1981. She lives in Lynchburg, Virginia, with her husband and two cats.
Xulon Press, a part of Salem Communications Corporation, is the world's largest Christian publisher, with more than 3,900 titles published to date. Retailers may order What a Christmas! through Ingram Book Company and/or Spring Arbor Book Distributors. Salem Communications is the country's leading Christian communications company with interests in radio, Internet, and magazine publishing.
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2007