Ollie's Gift: Inspired by a True Story - Couverture souple

Roncari, Maria

Couverture souple

ISBN 13 : 9798822976535

Editeur : Palmetto Publishing, 2025

Synopsis

When a young girl discovers that the privilege she has always known doesn't extend to others, could an unexpected gift from an ill and blind older woman be powerful enough to mend the child's shattered view of her once rose-colored world?

Christmas Eve, December 1958 ...

The young girl gazes out her window and smiles at the perfect light snowfall. The holidays were filled with lively Italian family gatherings overflowing with food, fun, laughter, and love. Every present on her wish list would be waiting under the tree on Christmas morning; they always were, and Marie felt like one of the luckiest kids alive.

It never occurred to her that maybe all kids were not as lucky.

However, two days after that storybook holiday, the child's innocent view of the world is turned upside down during a visit to her missionary cousin in Alabama.

The heart of Dixie reveals a starkly different reality than her New England white Christmas, thrusting Marie into a world of racism, poverty, and hatred she never knew existed.

At the precipice of her heartbreak and confusion, the child meets an ill and blind older woman named Miss Ollie.

... she had the same beautiful face. Like how I thought an angel might look.

Despite their brief time together, the two form a deep, inexplicable bond of love. But is it a love powerful enough to bring forth a gift that will mend the child's shattered view of her once rose-colored world?

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Maria Roncari rarely leaves you wondering what she meant to say-in person or on paper. She discovered her writer's voice at the age of thirteen when an interrupted dream to become a professional dancer inspired her to write a humorous school play that unexpectedly changed her path.With over five decades of experience in writing, teaching, producing, and directing, she has brought countless shows and stories to life, including nearly 800 love story marriage ceremonies. Ms. Roncari's maiden voyage as an author began toward the end of her 17seventeen years in Art and Design Entertainment at Universal Orlando. Today, she continues her journey by writing, teaching, and developing her multi-faceted endeavor-The Bodewell Project. For Maria, humanity is filled with stories waiting to be told, and her children and the ever-changing rhythm of life never cease to fuel her creative passions.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Palmetto Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 13: 9798822976535
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 120
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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