Notes before a holiday…
Posted December 24, 2010 at 9:44 am by Ian Byington
Checkin' on ya....
Looking around, partly to see who’s been nice…
• What do you do when you suddenly have 24 bottles of egg nog? Here’s how Stephanie over at Harrison House Suites handled it…
• The Friday Harbor Wolverines basketball girls & boys play next Tuesday here, against Mount Baker…good chance to see this year’s squads, including the undefeated girls, who will be tested by 2A MB…see ya there!
• Did you know that former islanders Stephanie & Tom Gonser celebrated their 50th anniversary this year? Wahoo!
• Here’s a little review from the Saskatoon newspaper about Lisa’s book (and click here for a review from Book Page):
A man, a woman and an orphaned child – these are the central characters in Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor (St. Martin’s Press, 211 pages, $19.50), the latest from author Lisa Kleypas.
The Friday Harbour of the title is a small town on San Juan Island, off the Washington coast (what is it about that state this year?).
Living on the island are Maggie Conroy, widowed owner of a toy store; Mark Nolan, single coffee businessman; and Holly Nolan, Mark’s 6-year-old niece, whose mother has died in a car crash.
Mark was named Holly’s guardian in the will. The child hasn’t spoken a word since the death.
One day, Mark takes Holly into Maggie’s store and a connection is made. Can you guess where this is going?
Despite the schmaltz, there’s some humour in here, too.
And this one is just sucky enough to satisfy those with a romantic bent. No wonder it’s on the New York Times bestseller list.
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