A Christmas to Remember (Cape Light, Book 7) | 
| Authors: Thomas Kinkade, Katherine Spencer
Publisher: Berkley
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 34787
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Pages: 256
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Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.1 x 1
ISBN: 0425211843
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780739474051
Publication Date: October 3, 2006
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Product Description
The New York Times bestselling authors take a journey into the Cape Light of Christmas past.
As the citizens of Cape Light deck the halls for a Christmas to remember, the curmudgeonly Lillian Warwick has been confined to her bed with pneumonia. Cared for by her daughters, Emily and Jessica, she lets her thoughts drift back to the holiday season of 1955, to the magical time when she first met Oliver Warwick-the dashing man who would become her husband.
Back then, Lillian was beautiful, spirited, and idealistic, and Oliver was a wonderful man who took a real joy in living. As she recounts those romantic early days to her daughters and faces the mistakes she's made, she is reminded of a time when she had much to be grateful for-and of all the special gifts Christmas can bring.
And, to cap off this special, life-altering holiday season, there just might be a winter wedding on the horizon...
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 sappy, simplistic, and dull November 26, 2008
This is, I think, the 7th story set in the small fictional town of Cape Light. Sadly, I've read a previous one, and familiarity didn't help.
The story goes between 3 different story threads: 1) elderly curmudgeon Lillian Warwick is injured in a fall (the flyleaf says she has pneumonia--she doesn't); 2) Lillian in her youth; and 3) nursing student Lucy Bates.
You'd think the three threads would intertwine--that Lucy would end up caring for Lillian at the hospital, and that things that happened in Lillian's youth would affect her present. They don't. At all. It's like three completely separate stories.
The only commonality between young Lillian and old Lillian is that I didn't like either one of them. Young Lillian was the type of young woman who's rude to men on principle. I despise that trait. And old Lillian was rude to everyone.
Lucy wasn't much better--she was a doormat. Her husband resents her spending time at her studies, especially when she has to work at the hospital, so he belittles her and does his best to undermine her confidence, refusing to help with the kids or the house. Lucy's reaction? To doubt herself and finally give up.
There were also a couple of annoying errors that stuck in my head. One was the nursing school. At one point, Lucy performs perfectly all day, but forgets to raise a bed rail. Her instructor tells her she gets an F for the day because of that. I don't buy that one mistake would merit a failing grade. I also don't buy that nursing students get letter grades for each day. Granted, my hospital experience is a couple of decades old, and it was a decade earlier than that that my mom went to nursing school, so it could very well be realistic--it just didn't feel like it.
The other one was really stupid. The hero of young Lillian's thread gets a Purple Heart. For valor. Um. No. Even non-military types know what Purple Hearts are, and they're not for valor. A quick click to Wikipedia would have fixed that.
Yeah, those were minor. The big problem is that the book was boring. Nothing really happened, there was no rhyme or reason to collecting those three threads in this book--it would have worked better if they'd been separated completely as 3 novellas instead of jumping between threads each chapter. The characters weren't likable, and none of them changed--except for an unbelievable change of heart of Lucy's husband at the very end.
And there were the usual sappy lite-religious platitudes from Reverend Ben.
 A Christmas to Remember August 14, 2008
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I love the Cape Light series and have been reading them from the beginning. This one, although as not as good as the ones in the past, had a warm heart-touching story. I love the characters and the setting in the book. I'm about to read book 8 in the series.
 A Christmas To Remember January 1, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have read the Cape Light series and it just wouldn't be complete without this title.
Questions? December 18, 2007
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I really enjoyed this book. But I have a few questions that bothered me throughout the ending, because I was waiting for them to be explained. Firstly, I'm guessing Oliver died. But how and when? And secondly, and more importantly...what was the "distaster" Oliver led Lillian into? Could anyone please explain these to me?
Kinkade is amazing! November 27, 2007
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I think it's amazing that such a gifted artist is also a wonderful storyteller! He--along with his co-writer--has created a charming literary universe. And this book is the best of the series.
Also recommended: Christmas Gifts, Christmas Voices--a heartbreaking/heartwarming story...
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