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Remembering Christmas
by
Dan Walsh (Goodreads Author)
Rick Denton lives his life on his terms. He works hard, plays hard, and answers to no one. So when his mother calls on Thanksgiving weekend begging him to come home after his stepfather has a stroke, Rick is more than a little reluctant. He's never liked Art and resents the man's presence in his life, despite the fact that his own father abandoned the family when Rick was...more
Hardcover, 264 pages
Published
September 1st 2011
by Fleming H. Revell Company
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Rick Denton had spent his life angry and bitter at his stepfather, Art, for some perceived transgressions Art committed against Rick, namely marrying his mom, Leeann. When Art suffers a medical crisis and Rick is called home to care for Art and Leeanne's Christian bookstore, many old feelings surface. Rick is forced to confront his emotional baggage and face past hurts that are holding him in bondage from living a full life. Ultimately, REMEMBERING CHRISTMAS Is a story of redemption, faith, and...more
Remembering Christmas is a nice cozy holiday novel. The settings is in the 1980s in a small town in Costal Florida. A young man struggles through finding his way in life after his father leaves. Though he doesn’t realize it until later in life, he has become bitter toward others. He pursues success in business, but doesn’t realize how little his growing wealth means until he’s forced to return home because of a family emergency. His step father is hospitalized and he gets a taste of the way of l...more
Rick Denton is a fairly selfish man. He's pulled away from his family and from God. When his step-father suffers an aneurysm and his mother asks him to come home to tend their little bookstore, Rick is unenthusiastic and more than a bit resentful. Yet, he comes and he finds himself drawn to Andrea, the other store employee and her young daughter. And, as he comes to know his mother and step-father again, he begins to see not only them, but mostly himself, in a very different light. As he discove...more
Rick Denton has left his life as a teen at home behind. Now he is in a high powered job in Georgia, far away from his mom and step dad in Florida. Living the life! At least he thinks he is, but he finds that the waking up with hangovers and dating a different woman each night, might not be "the life."
He does know however that the thought of staying in Florida and helping run his mom and step dad's Christian bookstore is not his idea of a great time. No matter how good looking their assistant is...more
He does know however that the thought of staying in Florida and helping run his mom and step dad's Christian bookstore is not his idea of a great time. No matter how good looking their assistant is...more
REMEMBERING CHRISTMAS, by Dan Walsh, is a heartwarming story about a man who thought he knew what he wanted in life, but discovered what really mattered after tragedy struck his family.
Rick Denton's plans for a ski trip Thanksgiving weekend are derailed when his stepfather Art is rushed to the hospital with a brain aneurysm. Rick reluctantly goes home and helps his mom run her tiny Christian book store while she tends to her husband. Rick had fled home as soon as he could, angry at his stepfathe...more
Rick Denton's plans for a ski trip Thanksgiving weekend are derailed when his stepfather Art is rushed to the hospital with a brain aneurysm. Rick reluctantly goes home and helps his mom run her tiny Christian book store while she tends to her husband. Rick had fled home as soon as he could, angry at his stepfathe...more
Remembering Christmas by Dan Walsh
Art, the book store owner, along with his wife, Leslie, was found on the floor, unconscious by the homeless man JD who would get a McMuffin every morning from Art.
They thought he had a heart attack but it was an aneurysm . She spends days in ICU with him not waking up. The doctor discusses a surgery that another doctor can do at another hospital but the swelling has to go down first.
She called her accountant son in NC and he came down to help run the store, he t...more
Art, the book store owner, along with his wife, Leslie, was found on the floor, unconscious by the homeless man JD who would get a McMuffin every morning from Art.
They thought he had a heart attack but it was an aneurysm . She spends days in ICU with him not waking up. The doctor discusses a surgery that another doctor can do at another hospital but the swelling has to go down first.
She called her accountant son in NC and he came down to help run the store, he t...more
On a scale of 1-10, Walsh's Christmas story is a 12+
Remembering Christmas, a Novel, by Dan Walsh, Revell, 2011, Hardcover, 272 Pages, ISBN-13: 978-0800719791, $15.99
JD nervously paced, peeking around the corner to look for Art who had never been late one time this past year with his Egg McMuffin. He heard his belly rumbling, but this morning he needed “the heat from Art’s coffee to take the chill out of his bones” more than the food.
He had come to count on Art’s generosity over the past year af...more
Remembering Christmas, a Novel, by Dan Walsh, Revell, 2011, Hardcover, 272 Pages, ISBN-13: 978-0800719791, $15.99
JD nervously paced, peeking around the corner to look for Art who had never been late one time this past year with his Egg McMuffin. He heard his belly rumbling, but this morning he needed “the heat from Art’s coffee to take the chill out of his bones” more than the food.
He had come to count on Art’s generosity over the past year af...more
I almost did not read this book. I am not big on books where the first page says "Present Day" and you know it's going to be a flashback book. I don't mind the flashback-type books TOO much but I figured it would be most of the story and I wasn't sure I wanted to sit through that. I am so glad I did.
I won't go into all the details of what the book is about. You can read that in the synopsis or in other reviews. What I will say is that this was one of the most moving stories I've read in a very,...more
I won't go into all the details of what the book is about. You can read that in the synopsis or in other reviews. What I will say is that this was one of the most moving stories I've read in a very,...more
Life as you know it can change in a blink of an eye. At least that is what happened to Rick Denton when he received a phone call from his mother saying that his step-father was in the hospital. Rick is a hard working man who does things on his terms. The thing is, Rick resents his step-father. However, he does love his mother so he agrees to help her out with their “book nook”. Andrea volunteers to show Rick the ropes of the book store. Rick was not prepared to find out that his step father’s fi...more
Dan Walsh in his new book, "Remembering Christmas" published by Revell gives us a romantic story for Christmas.
From the Inside Flap: Rick Denton lives his life on his terms. He works hard, plays hard, and answers to no one. So when his mother calls begging him to come home after his stepfather has an aneurysm, Rick is more than a little reluctant. What was supposed to be just a couple of days helping out at the family bookstore turns into weeks of cashing out old ladies and dealing with the home...more
From the Inside Flap: Rick Denton lives his life on his terms. He works hard, plays hard, and answers to no one. So when his mother calls begging him to come home after his stepfather has an aneurysm, Rick is more than a little reluctant. What was supposed to be just a couple of days helping out at the family bookstore turns into weeks of cashing out old ladies and dealing with the home...more
Often we leave behind our family, our childhood, the things that we want to forget and forge for ourselves a new path. We long to reconcile the aching in our hearts, to fill the void that is in our lives. So we search out success and wealth, relationships and fun to fill our days. We build up walls around the past, the pain, the hurt, the memories we just can't seem to put into a proper place or make fit into a perfect world that we seek.
This is the case with Rick. Leaving home years ago he had...more
This is the case with Rick. Leaving home years ago he had...more
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Rick Denton lives his life on his terms. He works hard, plays hard, and answers to no one. So when his mother calls begging him to come home after his stepfather has an aneurysm, Rick is more than a little reluctant. What was supposed to be just a couple of days helping out at the family bookstore turns into weeks of cashing out old ladies and dealing with the homeless guy who keeps hanging around the store. The one bright spot is the lovely and intriguing young woman who works...more
Rick Denton lives his life on his terms. He works hard, plays hard, and answers to no one. So when his mother calls begging him to come home after his stepfather has an aneurysm, Rick is more than a little reluctant. What was supposed to be just a couple of days helping out at the family bookstore turns into weeks of cashing out old ladies and dealing with the homeless guy who keeps hanging around the store. The one bright spot is the lovely and intriguing young woman who works...more
I have been reading a lot of death and mayhem lately so I was lucky enough to dig this out of the reading pile and get to it. Just the cure for a respite from cars blowing up, end of the world scenarios and terrorists, unless of course you count nice old ladies coming into bookstores terrorists; they come in all shapes and sizes you know.
Dan Walsh delivers a very twist on a classic theme and does it with a very nice deft touch and plenty of panache. These are not words I usually get to use in my...more
Dan Walsh delivers a very twist on a classic theme and does it with a very nice deft touch and plenty of panache. These are not words I usually get to use in my...more
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I got this book to get in the Christmas mood, but I'm afraid I'm one of the only people who found the book slow and boring. To its credit, I will say that the main character has some more depth to him than I expected, considering he is supposed to be so grumpy and mean the reader is shocked. Some of his thoughts/actions could have been better explained to make him seem more real, however.
I actually could not finish the book, and the point where I had to give up was the great miracle, when (view...more
I actually could not finish the book, and the point where I had to give up was the great miracle, when (view...more
This story was one that I found truly heartwarming. I bought it because I'd read other books by the same author and enjoyed them a lot. Normally stories that have a Christmas theme seem a bit sappy to me, but I decided to try it anyway. I thought it was cool that the story was set in 1980 since that was during my childhood. So many of the events mentioned in the novel I actually remembered. I loved how the author showed several perspectives, and how the hero's heart softened over time because of...more
Remembering Christmas is a rich reading experience that hits on a number of social topics. Though packaged as a Christmas novel, it could easily be read throughout the year.
Rick Denton is a spiritually wounded adult and has been so since childhood. He is a driven cooperate executive in hopes of making his much loved yet absent father proud of him. A Thanksgiving Day call from his mother in Seabreeze, Florida, causes him to return to his hometown, while she is with his step-father in the hospital...more
Rick Denton is a spiritually wounded adult and has been so since childhood. He is a driven cooperate executive in hopes of making his much loved yet absent father proud of him. A Thanksgiving Day call from his mother in Seabreeze, Florida, causes him to return to his hometown, while she is with his step-father in the hospital...more
Rick Denton's life is turned upside down when his mother calls and asks him to return home after his stepfather suffers from an aneurysm. When it becomes clear his mother needs him to run their little store, the Book Nook, for more than a few days, Rick's reluctant. After all he's a successful accountant and has had little contact with his mother or stepfather.
Running the Book Nook has Rich out of his element. But that's not all he's dealing with. He must deal with a homeless man that shows up...more
Running the Book Nook has Rich out of his element. But that's not all he's dealing with. He must deal with a homeless man that shows up...more
Rick Denton hasn’t had an easy life. His dad left Rick and his mom when he was just twelve years old. His mom found the love of her life but Rick never cared for his stepfather and put up walls so he and the man never were close. Rick makes a life for himself away from them and does the minimum family stuff required to stay in touch.
Then his stepfather suffers a stroke and his mom reaches out to Rick for help. They own a small Christian book store and holiday shopping helps the store stay open a...more
Then his stepfather suffers a stroke and his mom reaches out to Rick for help. They own a small Christian book store and holiday shopping helps the store stay open a...more
I really enjoyed reading this book. It is one of those books that shows you if you open your mind to it anything can happen. This book had everything, conflict, a bit of romance, rejection, but most of all, forgiveness.
When Rick receives a phone call from his mother in Florida at his impressive job in Charlotte, he knows it can't be good news. It's not exactly like he has kept in touch. His mom needs him to come and keep their bookstore, the Book Nook, open as her husband has been admitted to th...more
When Rick receives a phone call from his mother in Florida at his impressive job in Charlotte, he knows it can't be good news. It's not exactly like he has kept in touch. His mom needs him to come and keep their bookstore, the Book Nook, open as her husband has been admitted to th...more
Rick Denton, career minded, business oriented, climbing the ladder to success is thankful to have left his childhood home in Florida years ago. Rick's father left the family when Rick was very young, and Rick blames his mother for the loss. He hates it even more when his mother remarries his stepdad Art who tries to father Rick, when Rick still longs for his own father. Wanting no relationship with Art, Rick barely keeps in touch with his mother and stepfather.
Rick's Mother out of the blue call...more
Rick's Mother out of the blue call...more
Title: REMEMBERING CHRISTMAS
Author: Dan Walsh
Publisher: Revell
November 2011
ISBN: 978-0-8007-1979-1
Genre: Inspirational/contemporary/Christmas
Rick Denton is an accountant, who lives his life on his own terms. He works hard, plays hard, and answers to no one. He is planning on going skiing with his friends close to Christmas when his mother calls. Rick’s step-father, Art, had suffered from an apparent stroke and she needed him.
Rick wasn’t real happy, but he’d be a bad son if he didn’t go to his m...more
Author: Dan Walsh
Publisher: Revell
November 2011
ISBN: 978-0-8007-1979-1
Genre: Inspirational/contemporary/Christmas
Rick Denton is an accountant, who lives his life on his own terms. He works hard, plays hard, and answers to no one. He is planning on going skiing with his friends close to Christmas when his mother calls. Rick’s step-father, Art, had suffered from an apparent stroke and she needed him.
Rick wasn’t real happy, but he’d be a bad son if he didn’t go to his m...more
REMEMBERING CHRISTMAS by Dan Walsh is an interesting inspirational contemporary Christmas fiction set in 1980 Seabreeze,FL. It is the story of Rick Denton,the prodigal son who comes home to help his mother after his stepfather has an aneurysm. It is the story of healing,forgiveness,faith,Christmas miracles,love, and having a past hurts behind to move forward. A heartwar ming story that will capture your heart as you follow the characters and see their lives through their lives.This author has do...more
In Remembering Christmas, Dan Walsh has written a story that’s sure to be a holiday classic. The story opens when Rick Denton, a successful (and self-centered) individual, receives a phone call from his mother asking for his help in the bookstore she and her husband own. Rick’s stepfather, Art, has suffered a brain aneurysm and is hovering between life and death.
Grudgingly , Rick travels to the small town of Sea Breeze, Florida, grumbling all the while about giving up his ski vacation. He avoid...more
Grudgingly , Rick travels to the small town of Sea Breeze, Florida, grumbling all the while about giving up his ski vacation. He avoid...more
Rick Denton lives his life on his terms. He works hard, plays hard, and answers to no one. So when his mother calls on Thanksgiving weekend begging him to come home after his stepfather has a stroke, Rick is more than a little reluctant. He's never liked Art and resents the man's presence in his life, despite the fact that his own father abandoned the family when Rick was just twelve. When what was supposed to be just a couple days helping out at the family bookstore turns into weeks of cashing...more
Such a wonderful little warm your heart type of book - great to read as Christmas draws near...
Rick Denton has been on his own since he left home many years before - now living, playing, and working in Charlotte, NC for a CPA firm - and he has no intention on heading home for the holidays until his mother calls saying his stepfather, Art, has collapsed and is not responding. Could Rick please come home to help run their small bookstore? Putting his own playboy life on hold, Rick drives down to F...more
Rick Denton has been on his own since he left home many years before - now living, playing, and working in Charlotte, NC for a CPA firm - and he has no intention on heading home for the holidays until his mother calls saying his stepfather, Art, has collapsed and is not responding. Could Rick please come home to help run their small bookstore? Putting his own playboy life on hold, Rick drives down to F...more
I'm not one for fatuous happily ever after stories and I confess have never before read a "Christmas Book,"but I thought I would break from my person tradition and read this book by Dan Walsh. It was engaging; the story line was fairly simple and straightforward. It is the kind of book that renews hope for the hard hearted that populate your prayer list, the story of a how love changed a life and brought that life to the arms of the one who invented Love. The fact that they found love along the...more
Dan Walsh has once again shown that a man can write tender, emotional, romantic Christian fiction. His characters are true-to-life and filled with the same problems as you and I. The main character, Rick Denton, is bitter, career-driven and hard-living. His relationship with his mom and stepfather is non-existent. But when his mom turns to him in her hour of need after his stepfather has an aneurysm, he returns home to help out. As he works at their small Christian bookstore, his life is touched...more
Remembering Christmas by Dan Walsh is the best Christmas book I’ve read this year. In this book you really find out what Christmas is really about.
Remembering Christmas doesn’t have one, but two wonderful, tender love stories and also talks a lot about the love of family, but the most important love is the love Rick’s mom and stepfather, Leanne and Art have for other people, especially those who aren’t Christians. It shows how Rick learns what is really important in life, not your job, money o...more
Remembering Christmas doesn’t have one, but two wonderful, tender love stories and also talks a lot about the love of family, but the most important love is the love Rick’s mom and stepfather, Leanne and Art have for other people, especially those who aren’t Christians. It shows how Rick learns what is really important in life, not your job, money o...more
What else can Rick do when his mother asks him to run the bookstore she and his stepfather Art owns after Art suffers an aneurism. Against his will, the time limit of an extended weekend, turns into a longer stay, eating up his upcoming vacation time he had planned to spend on skiing with friends.
He’s never gotten close to Art and bristles whenever anyone refers to him as his father. Though he hasn’t heard from his natural father in a long time, he has him up on a “pedestal.” Rick learns the tru...more
He’s never gotten close to Art and bristles whenever anyone refers to him as his father. Though he hasn’t heard from his natural father in a long time, he has him up on a “pedestal.” Rick learns the tru...more
I am going to say this is one of the best Christmas stories I've read in quite awhile.
It's a story about being unselfish (like how Art gives JD a egg mcmuffin and coffee every day), having an open mind (Ricks mom and stepfather welcome everybody into their book store and make everybody feel like they are friends) and forgiveness (how Rick comes to realize how wrong he has been all those years about his stepfather and asks for Art to forgive him for being so mean).
And of course love (this comes...more
It's a story about being unselfish (like how Art gives JD a egg mcmuffin and coffee every day), having an open mind (Ricks mom and stepfather welcome everybody into their book store and make everybody feel like they are friends) and forgiveness (how Rick comes to realize how wrong he has been all those years about his stepfather and asks for Art to forgive him for being so mean).
And of course love (this comes...more
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Dan Walsh's debut novel, The Unfinished Gift, rec'd a 4.5 Stars/Top Pick rating from RT Book Reviews magazine and won 2 ACFW Carol Awards. Oasis Audio released an audio book version in 2010 and it's since been released in several different countries.
The sequel, The Homecoming, released in June 2010 and also received a 4.5 Star rating from RT Book Reviews. They likened his writing to NY Times best...more
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The sequel, The Homecoming, released in June 2010 and also received a 4.5 Star rating from RT Book Reviews. They likened his writing to NY Times best...more
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“He said, 'Charlie, how would you treat people if you knew you didn't have to fix them? If you knew that was God's job, and all He was asking of you was show them His love, maybe tell them some things He wanted them to know?”
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“Leanne," he said. "I would never forget you. I'd forget who I am before I'd forget you.”
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