Paper Angels
A Novel
1st Edition
Published on 1. November 2011
304 pages
978-1-4516-0620-1 (ISBN)
Description
From Billboard Top Ten charted country music artist Jimmy Wayne comes an inspirational holiday story about a child in the Salvation Army's Angel Tree program who encounters the disillusioned businessman who picked his name?soon to be a made-for-TV movie starring Josie Bissett!
Kevin Morrell is a forty-three-year-old husband and father who runs a successful design and marketing firm now suffering in the current economy. Attempting to navigate the hectic Christmas mall traffic, Kevin stumbles across the Salvation Army's Angel Tree Project. His wife insists that he take a paper ornament.
The name on the ornament is Thomas Brandt, a fifteen-year-old still reeling from the implosion of his family?from years of verbal abuse from an alcoholic father to a struggling single mother who now finds herself and her children penniless. The only thing that has allowed Lynn to survive is her faith. Thomas shares that faith, but he also wonders why God has seemingly abandoned them.
Destined to become a holiday classic, Paper Angels shares ?two intertwined stories about family life and hard times...the hope of the Christmas holiday and...the goodness and compassion of loving hearts? (RT Book Reviews).
Kevin Morrell is a forty-three-year-old husband and father who runs a successful design and marketing firm now suffering in the current economy. Attempting to navigate the hectic Christmas mall traffic, Kevin stumbles across the Salvation Army's Angel Tree Project. His wife insists that he take a paper ornament.
The name on the ornament is Thomas Brandt, a fifteen-year-old still reeling from the implosion of his family?from years of verbal abuse from an alcoholic father to a struggling single mother who now finds herself and her children penniless. The only thing that has allowed Lynn to survive is her faith. Thomas shares that faith, but he also wonders why God has seemingly abandoned them.
Destined to become a holiday classic, Paper Angels shares ?two intertwined stories about family life and hard times...the hope of the Christmas holiday and...the goodness and compassion of loving hearts? (RT Book Reviews).
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Person
Jimmy Wayne is an American country music singer and songwriter. He released his self-titled debut album in 2003 on the DreamWorks Records label. A second album, Do You Believe Me Now, was released in August 2008 via Big Machine Records subsidiary Valory Music Group, and its title track became his first Number One hit in late 2008.
Bestselling author Travis Thrasher has written over fifty books and worked in the publishing industry for more than twenty years. His inspirational stories have included collaborations with filmmakers, musicians, athletes, and pastors. He has written fiction in a variety of genres, from love stories and supernatural thrillers to young adult series. He also has cowritten memoirs and self-help books.
Bestselling author Travis Thrasher has written over fifty books and worked in the publishing industry for more than twenty years. His inspirational stories have included collaborations with filmmakers, musicians, athletes, and pastors. He has written fiction in a variety of genres, from love stories and supernatural thrillers to young adult series. He also has cowritten memoirs and self-help books.
Content
- Intro
- Dedication
- Preface
- Chapter 1: God Must Be a Country Music Fan
- Chapter 2: A Little Turkey Somewhere
- Chapter 3: Headed for Two Giant Glaciers
- Chapter 4: A Dead End
- Chapter 5: White-Trash Redneck
- Chapter 6: Golden Ticket
- Chapter 7: Another Not-So-Good Guy
- Chapter 8: A Special Purpose
- Chapter 9: Part of the Plan
- Chapter 10: Generosity
- Chapter 11: Getting Worse
- Chapter 12: Bah Humbug
- Chapter 13: Thin and Shredded
- Chapter 14: Opportunities
- Chapter 15: Chance Encounter
- Chapter 16: A New Song
- Chapter 17: Serenity
- Chapter 18: Under the Speckled Stars
- Chapter 19: Help
- Chapter 20: Windows
- Chapter 21: Stuck in Traffic
- Chapter 22: Flawed and Broken
- Chapter 23: Doug's Bike Shop
- Chapter 24: It's Bad When
- Chapter 25: A Common Bond
- Chapter 26: A Tiny Fraction of Hope
- Chapter 27: As Poor as I Am
- Chapter 28: Opportunities
- Chapter 29: The Note
- Chapter 30: A Handshake
- Chapter 31: Something So Cool
- Chapter 32: Stripped and Left Barren
- Chapter 33: Nice on a Bumper Sticker
- Chapter 34: Family Portrait
- Chapter 35: Better and Worse
- Chapter 36: Like a Circus in There
- Chapter 37: Lost Cause
- Chapter 38: A Hero
- Chapter 39: Silent Night
- Chapter 40: The Storm
- Chapter 41: The Man Inside
- Chapter 42: Christmas Gift
- Chapter 43: My Little One
- Chapter 44: The Only Thing
- Chapter 45: The Weight of the World
- Chapter 46: Receiving
- Chapter 47: The Sign
- Chapter 48: All His Heart and All His Soul
- Chapter 49: Where You're Going
- Chapter 50: Home
- Chapter 51: Under the Tree
- Chapter 52: Paper Angels
- Chapter 53: The Shoes
- Chapter 54: A Piece
- Epilogue: The Following July
- Acknowledgments
- Author's Note
- A Conversation with Jimmy Wayne
- Copyright
