Holiday in Your Heart

by LeAnn Rimes, Tom Carter

Many girls dream of becoming princesses, but for the heroine of Holiday in Your Heart, nothing could be better than singing at the Grand Ole Opry.  Teenaged singing sensation Anna Lee has realized her dream of performing a holiday concert on the fabled stage.  Yet her happiness is clouded by thoughts of her grandmother, stricken with a serious illness back in her native Mississippi and unable to see her beloved granddaughter triumph at this special time of year.  It takes the lessons of an older country singer, a musical legend now past her prime, to show the young woman that if you carry a holiday in your heart all year round, you'll always know which things really matter, which songs are the ones you have to sing.  LeAnn Rimes's legions of fans will find Holiday in Your Heart a tale as heartrending as the finest country ballad.

Genres: Christmas, Fiction, Holiday

128 pages, Hardcover

Published October 13, 1997

Reviews

[Peggy · Rating 3 out of 5]

LeAnn Rimes tells story of meeting up with an old country music star (they say Grand Ole Oprey has ghosts)who tells/shows her that the only thing that really matters in life is your family. A good little Christmas story. The country music star LeAnn (AnnLee) meets up with has been dead for a few years.

[Amanda · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome book. I couldn't put it down. It really touches the deep of feelings. Its worth for a teen and/or older person to read.

[Rena DeBerry · Rating 3 out of 5]

Enjoyable, easy, 2 hour read.

[John · Rating 5 out of 5]

I don't know what it is about this book, but even fifteen years after my childhood obsession with LeAnn Rimes, I'm still reading this book every year at Christmas time. It's cheesy, melodramatic, and not very well told... but I absolutely cherish it. It's unashamed to go for the easy emotions, and it's almost always successful at drawing out the desired response: sadness, hope, etc. It's an adorable story that makes you feel warm as you're reading it, so I look forward to re-reading and re-reading for many Christmases to come.

[Joyce · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book will go in my Christmas book collection. Something to read each year.

[Becky · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent book, great insight to LeAnn Rimes lilfe.

[Kristen · Rating 3 out of 5]

I love the story but it was not written well.

[Rob · Rating 5 out of 5]

As the final book of the 2020 challenge (yes I finally read 100 books, it took the entire year) this was a perfect end. LeeAnn's writing is so simplistic and laid back, as she is irl, I found it so easy to connect with what she was saying and how she thought about everything and what she was feeling. The "story" takes course over one day, but what a day it is; A day full of adventure and sight-seeing and character. I've been on a huge LeeAnn Rimes kick lately, and while i've always enjoyed her music this made me love her even more. I just wish she has written more books. Merry Christmas y'all.

[Debby · Rating 3 out of 5]

LeAnne Rimes is playing the Grand Old Oprey when she meets one of her father's idols. The woman shows her Nashville and tells her a story of when she was young to prove to that family is most important. She goes to be with her Grandma when she has surgery, then tells her parents only to have them tell her the woman had died a year earlier.

[Sara Dorris · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a great weekend read especially around Christmas time. There was a 90s movie "Holiday in Your Heart" and I always enjoyed it. The story line is basically the same with a little bit of a story difference.

[Jennifer Laris · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute book. The ending really made me miss my grandmother and the feelers hit me. I've had this book for 22 years. And this was the first I've actually read it.

[Ginger · Rating 3 out of 5]

Bumping it to 3.5 stars.

[Thirteen Orange Ivy Designs · Rating 2 out of 5]

I feel very conflicted about this story. I wish it were more fleshed out but also shorter? I think it focused in the wrong areas but was an interesting idea overall.

[Dorothy · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was an exceptional book and taught the reader about the importance of family, no matter what.

[Theresa Lange · Rating 5 out of 5]

Well done!

[Rebekah · Rating 2 out of 5]

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