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Where Treetops Glisten:Three Stories of Heartwarming Courage and Christmas Romance During World War II by Tricia Goyer, Cara Putman, and Sarah Sundin is the book for the transitioning of seasons. Summer is long gone, and this is just the book to get us back into the Christmas spirit: family, sweets, love, and snow. These three interwoven novellas will bring a smile to your face, and warm you up this coming winter with its stories of love and happiness in a hard place.   



Summary

The crunch of newly fallen snow, the weight of wartime

Three siblings forging new paths and finding love in three stories, filled with the wonder of Christmas

Turn back the clock to a different time, listen to Bing Crosby sing of sleigh bells in the snow, as the realities of America’s involvement in the Second World War change the lives of the Turner family in Lafayette, Indiana.

In White Christmas by Cara Putman, Abigail Turner is holding down the Home Front as a college student and a part-time employee at a one-of-a-kind candy shop. Loss of a beau to the war has Abigail skittish about romantic entanglements—until a hard-working young man with a serious problem needs her help.

Abigail’s brother Pete is a fighter pilot hero returned from the European Theatre in Sarah Sundin’s I’ll Be Home for Christmas, trying to recapture the hope and peace his time at war has eroded. But when he encounters a precocious little girl in need of Pete’s friendship, can he convince her widowed mother that he’s no longer the bully she once knew?

In Tricia Goyer’s Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, Meredith Turner, “Merry” to those who know her best, is using her skills as a combat nurse on the frontline in the Netherlands. Halfway around the world from home, Merry never expects to face her deepest betrayal head on, but that’s precisely what God has in mind to redeem her broken heart.

The Turner family believes in God’s providence during such a tumultuous time. Can they absorb the miracle of Christ’s birth and God’s plan for a future?

My Thoughts

Is it ever too early to start reading Christmas stories? I have decided that once you hit October you're safe. Where Treetops Glisten was the perfect novel to get into the Holiday spirit, also it didn't hurt that three authors whom I adore all collaborated on this story.

Now, I'm not a big fan of novellas. I always feel like that could be longer, or I want more character development, more background story, etc. So, I was hesitant when I first got this book, because I love the books these author's have already put out. I was crossing my fingers that they could get me out of my novella"slump." Happy to say, I was pleasantly surprised when I read this book within a night. 

Each novella had a great mixture of humor, romance, seriousness and an element where each sibling had grown in their relationship with God and or overcame a hurdle in their life by reaching out to God. I really liked the Turner family, they where all giving and selfless, from the grandma down to the youngest daughter. Each character I felt was well rounded and the stories came full circle. I would have liked a little more from the first story, but in a novella those types of things happen. Still, with the limited amount of pages per story they don't let down. I am seriously impressed by the quality and the consistency these authors carried throughout the stories. 
 
My favorite novella was Sundin's followed by Goyer then Putman's. This is a book that should be read in order, but each story serves just as good on its own. So if you needed a short story that you knew could provide, anyone of these would do justice. This is a wonderful novel, and I hope you find it just as wonderful as I did.
 
If you love WWII based stories, Christmas and romance this novel has it all.
 
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Happy pre-Christmas days!
 
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 bookshelves
 
Disclaimer: I received a free copy for an honest review from Litfuse Publicity Group.

About the Authors 

Tricia Goyer has written more than thirty-five books, including both novels that delight and entertain readers and non- fiction titles that offer encouragement and hope.Tricia’s contemporary and historical novels feature strong women overcoming great challenges. She recreates historic wartime eras with precise detail through perseverant and comprehensive research. Tricia speaks to groups interested in these eras, with the intention of preserving and honoring the memory of the men and women who served.

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Cara Putman is an author chasing hard after God as she lives a crazy life. She invites you to join her on that journey. Her 15th novels releases this fall along with a fresh edition of another book. Please check out her website to learn more about her books and read first chapters.

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Sarah Sundin enjoys writing about the drama and romance of the World War II era. The Wings of the Nightingale series (With Every Letter, 2012, On Distant Shores, August 2013, and In Perfect Time, August 2014) follows three World War II flight nurses as they find love, friendship, and peril in the skies and on the shores of the Mediterranean. The Wings of Glory series from Revell (A Distant Melody, A Memory Between Us, and Blue Skies Tomorrow) follows three brothers who are B-17 bomber pilots during World War II.

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In His Grace, 
Taylor Reid