- Hardcover: 240 pages
- Publisher: Waterbrook Press; 1 edition (Oct 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1578562716
- ISBN-13: 978-1578562718
- Product Dimensions: 14.6 x 2.3 x 21.6 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,240,876 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Krista Mueller admitted her mother to the care facility run by Dane McConnell–Krista’s friend and former love–knowing that Dane could take better care of Charlotte than Krista ever could. Besides, Krista has long since stopped actively caring about the woman who has hurt her so deeply through the years. Her intention is never to see her mother again. Then Dane informs Krista that he has found something of her mother’s that Krista simply must see.
Unable to refuse the man who still means so much to her, Krista sets out for Taos–thoroughly unprepared for the dramatic journey of discovery that leads to a deeper understanding of the mother who emotionally abandoned her and brings back to the lost love of her youth.
A story of joy and loss, connection and forgiveness, Christmas Every Morning presents each day as a gift to be opened and every loved one as a treasure to be rediscovered.
Unable to refuse the man who still means so much to her, Krista sets out for Taos–thoroughly unprepared for the dramatic journey of discovery that leads to a deeper understanding of the mother who emotionally abandoned her and brings back to the lost love of her youth.
A story of joy and loss, connection and forgiveness, Christmas Every Morning presents each day as a gift to be opened and every loved one as a treasure to be rediscovered.
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3.8 out of 5 stars (6 customer reviews)
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Christmas Every Morning, 8 April 2003
By Kathy Rissew, CSW - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Christmas Every Morning (Hardcover)
This book was awesome; I cried healing tears as I read it. As the daughter of a woman who has mental health issues, and also as a mother of adult children who carried my own issues into my children's lives, I could relate strongly to this book. The messages received by this writer were: it is never too late to begin healing, our entire perspective on life can change if we only allow God to work in our lives, God wants us to be healthy, real love is not only about our feelings but is about committment and about seeing other's as God sees them, and the human spirit is indeed a mighty warrior. As a social worker I will use this book with select clients to help facilitate healing and peace. This is indeed a life changing book. Thank you, Lisa!
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Lisa Bergren's best novel yet..., 16 Oct 2002
By Traci DePree "Traci" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Christmas Every Morning (Hardcover)
Christmas Every Morning is one of the best books I've read all year and in my opinion the best book Lisa Bergren has ever written! The troubled relationship between Krista Mueller and her mother Charlotte is as authentic as it is complex. There is intensity and depth to the ravages of Alzheimer's that makes you want to call your mother to tell her you love her. Lisa Bergren avoids the trap of stereotypical pat solutions, offering a story that will keep you reading late into the night, get out the Kleenex for Christmas Every Morning! -Traci DePree, author of A Can of Peas
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More about a mother-daughter relationship than about Christmas, 7 Nov 2008
By P. Mann - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Christmas Every Morning (Hardcover)
Lisa Tawn Bergren's "Christmas Every Morning" (not to be confused with Christmas Every Day by William Dean Howells) is the story of Krista, a history professor in Colorado, her mother, an Alzheimer's patient in an amazing facility in New Mexico, and Dane, Krista's childhood love and the owner of the facility.
Krista returns to New Mexico when it appears that her mother is nearing the end of her life. As Krista awaits the inevitable, she discovers her mother's diary of sorts, a weathered copy of "Christmas Carols of the World." (I don't believe there is an actual book--or at least I couldn't find evidence of a copy, but here's a similar title: Christmas Carols From Around The World.) Inside, Krista's mother has written sporadically, giving Krista a window to a past that she does not remember fondly at all.
Throughout Krista's journey to forgiveness--for that is indeed the driving force of the novel--, she has three sources of strength. The first is Doña Elena, a longtime friend and amazing source of support. The second is Dane, with whom she may or may not be rekindling a long-dormant romance. The third is God, in whom Krista puts increasingly more faith. All three of these relationships play a vital role in Krista's life during the story.
I found the plot generally effective though at times predictable, and the characters realistic. I do not thing this novel is great literature, but it is effective in its sensitive portrayal of the difficulties in forgiving and letting go.
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