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Christmas at Eagle Pond

Hall, Donald, 1928-2018. Book - 2012 Fiction None on shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 4.6 out of 5

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" Donald Hall, drawing on his own childhood memories to create an instant-classic Christmas story, gives himself the thing he most wanted but didn't get as a boy: a Christmas at Eagle Pond. It's the Christmas season of 1940 and twelve-year-old Donnie takes the train to visit his grandparents. Once there, he quickly settles into the farm's routines. In the barn, Gramp milks the cows and entertains his grandson by speaking rhymed pieces, while his grandson's eyes are drawn to an empty stall that houses a graceful, cobwebby sleigh. Now, Model-As speed over the wintry roads, which must be ploughed, and the beautiful sleigh has become obsolete. When the church pageant is over, the gifts are exchanged, and the remains of the Christmas feast put away, the air becomes heavy with fine snowflakes--the kind that fall at the start of a big storm--and everyone wonders, how will Donnie get back to his parents on time? "-- Provided by publisher.

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A lovely dream of a read submitted by A2AE on July 24, 2018, 10:44pm While Donald Hall is known for his poetry, this charming novella is both a quick and satisfying read. Fans of Hall will delight in his vivid imagery and the absolute love for his grandparents and their New Hampshire farm (where Hall lived with his wife Jane Kenyon and then as a widower for many decades). This is the perfect book to get you in the Christmas mood and help you appreciate what really matters at the holidays -- family togetherness.

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Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012.
Year Published: 2012
Description: 78 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780547581484

SUBJECTS
Hall, Donald, -- 1928-
Sleighs -- Fiction.
Farm life -- Fiction.
New Hampshire -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
New Hampshire -- Fiction.
Christmas stories.
Autobiographical fiction.