For readers of Richard Paul Evans and Melody Carlson comes JACOB’S BELL, a heartwarming Christmas story about how an unlikely friendship between an old man and a little girl saved a family.

Sometimes the road to forgiveness and restoration can be a rocky one. Set in Chicago and Baltimore in 1944 with flashbacks to the 1920s, JACOB’S BELL follows Jacob MacCallum on his arduous journey to redemption.

At one time, Jacob had it all: wealth, a wonderful family and a position as one of the most respected businessmen in Chicago. Then he made some bad decisions and all that changed. For the past twenty years he lived in an alcohol-induced haze, riddled with guilt for the dreadful things he had done to his family and his role in the untimely death of his wife. Estranged from his children and penniless, he was in and out of jail, on the street and jumping freight trains for transportation. Realizing he needed a drastic change, Jacob embarked on a journey to find his children, seek their forgiveness, and restore his relationship with them. Befriended by a pastor at a Salvation Army mission, he struggled to transform his life. Yet finally he overcame his demons, but not without a fair number of setbacks. Jacob became a Salvation Army Bell Ringer at Christmastime.

While ringing his bell on a street corner one snowy day, he met a young girl who, through a series of strange coincidences, led him back to his children and facilitated Jacob’s forgiveness just in time for Christmas.

Author John Snyder pens a story of love, hardship, and reconciliation that will leave readers filled with Christmas joy.

Out October 2018

MY THOUGHTS:

I received this book in exchange for my honest review.

Wow! Wow! Wow!

This is the same author who wrote, “The Golden Ring,” also a super fantastic book.

As I love similar books to this one written by Richard Paul Evans, I had to get this one to review.  I’m so happy I did. What a beautiful story, rich in atmosphere and love.  I just felt so good after reading it.  Set around the holidays, this book would make a lovely gift.

The cover art is beautiful and you won’t go wrong picking this book up.

How can anyone not love a reunion of family story after so much hardship all you want to do is jump into the book and hug the crap out of everyone!

Just beautiful!

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