by Licha Bao'er Yiwan zhu (1995)
When Richard Paul Evans wrote The Christmas Box, he intended it as a private expression of love for his two young daughters, Jenna and Allyson. Though he often told them that he loved them, he didn't feel that they could ever really understand the depth of his feelings until they had experienced the joy of rearing their own children, and by that time their relationship would have changed forever. In writing The Christmas Box, he hoped that at some time in the future they would read the book and know of their father's love. As Evans began to write, he was amazed at the inspiration that flowed into his mind and heart. He completed the moving story of a widow and the young family who comes to live with her in less than six weeks, and bound twenty copies to give as Christmas presents to family and friends. In the following weeks, those twenty copies were shared and passed along from family to family, from friend to friend, and what began as a tale for two little girls became a message of miracles, hope, and healing for people throughout the world.
Amanda Brooke
Newlyweds Holly and Tom have just moved into an old manor house in the picturesque English countryside. When Holly discovers a moondial in the overgrown garden little does she suspect that it will change her life forever. The moondial lets Holly see into the future -- a future which holds Tom cradling their baby daughter, Libby, and mourning Holly's death in childbirth.
Mark Yakich
"Your wife is killed by a cashew (anaphylactic shock), but there isn't time to grieve because your toddler son is always at your heels--wanting to be fed, to be played with, or to sleep next to you all night long. A change of pace seems necessary, so you decide to visit your parents in order to attend your twenty-year high school reunion. What begins as a weekend getaway quickly becomes a theater for dealing with the past--a past that you will have to re-imagine in order to have any hope of a future for you and your son."--Page 4 of cover.
Nicholas Sparks
One of America's bestselling authors returns with a tale about the greatest commitment of all: loving someone forever. When a near-fatal car crash brings Taylor McAden together with Denise Holden, a new resident of Edenton, North Carolina, he must look into his past to see if it's not too late to take a chance on the future.
Charles Williams
"Dad, there are some things that bother me and have been on my mind, but I don't know how to approach you with them. How do you feel about our relationship as father and son?" - (thirty year old man) "I'm writing this letter because I need your advise and your help. It seems I don't like myself very much and I'm trying to understand why." - (middle-aged man) "It's not that I miss my dad. I don't I never really knew him, so I can't miss him. What I do miss are the things we should have shared, the things we should have done together." (son recalling the past) Can you sympathize with any of these sentiments? Charles Williams can and does - it is out of this concern that he has written FOREVER A FATHER, ALWAYS A SON. With the empathy of a father and the skill of a license psychologist, Dr. Williams addresses the tough questions that fathers and sons face in today's turbulent times. -Can fathers and sons become friends? -How can a father build up his son's self-esteem? -Can sons learn to forgive their fathers for the past? -Is it all right for men to let their feelings show? -How can a father nurture his son in the faith? Whether you are a father or a son, this book is for you if you want to take a look inside - at what the past has created and what the future can hold. Read and discover the difference a dad can make! Dr. Charles Williams, PH.D, is a license psychologist with the The Atlanta Network for Individual and Family Therapy in Atlanta, Georgia. He has fifteen years of counseling experience working with a wide range of public and private service agencies. Married for seventeen years, he and his wife, Dru-Ann are the parents of two sons.