The Resource Christmas bells : a novel, Jennifer Chiaverini
Christmas bells : a novel, Jennifer Chiaverini
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The item Christmas bells : a novel, Jennifer Chiaverini represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Vancouver Public Library.This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
Resource Information
The item Christmas bells : a novel, Jennifer Chiaverini represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Vancouver Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
- Summary
- Inspired by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem "Christmas Bells," this novel intersperses the story of how Longfellow came to write the poem with the stories of several people connected to St. Margaret's, a church in contemporary Boston. In the early 1860s, Longfellow is mourning the death of his wife and worrying about his son on the Civil War battlefields while in the present a music teacher faces the loss of her job, a family worries about their missing father in Afghanistan, and brothers clash. With a little help from Sister Winifred, however, those at St. Margaret's find the hope and joy of the season as they sing a hymn inspired by Longfellow's words
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 317 pages
- Isbn
- 9780525955245
- Label
- Christmas bells : a novel
- Title
- Christmas bells
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- Jennifer Chiaverini
- Subject
-
- Historical fiction
- Faith -- Fiction
- Christmas fiction
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Poetry | Fiction
- Women music teachers -- Fiction
- Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882 -- Fiction
- Carols -- Fiction
- War poetry -- Fiction
- Poets, American -- Fiction
- Boston (Mass.) -- Fiction
- Soldiers -- Family relationships -- United States -- Fiction
- Biographical fiction
- City churches -- Fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Inspired by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem "Christmas Bells," this novel intersperses the story of how Longfellow came to write the poem with the stories of several people connected to St. Margaret's, a church in contemporary Boston. In the early 1860s, Longfellow is mourning the death of his wife and worrying about his son on the Civil War battlefields while in the present a music teacher faces the loss of her job, a family worries about their missing father in Afghanistan, and brothers clash. With a little help from Sister Winifred, however, those at St. Margaret's find the hope and joy of the season as they sing a hymn inspired by Longfellow's words
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Chiaverini, Jennifer
- Dewey number
- 813/.54
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3553.H473
- LC item number
- C47 2015
- Literary form
- novels
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1807-1882
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
- City churches
- Faith
- Poets, American
- Women music teachers
- Carols
- Soldiers
- War poetry
- United States
- Boston (Mass.)
- Label
- Christmas bells : a novel, Jennifer Chiaverini
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [315]-317)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 317 pages
- Isbn
- 9780525955245
- Lccn
- 2015009505
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- System control number
-
- ocn905089059
- (OCoLC)905089059
- Label
- Christmas bells : a novel, Jennifer Chiaverini
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [315]-317)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 317 pages
- Isbn
- 9780525955245
- Lccn
- 2015009505
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- System control number
-
- ocn905089059
- (OCoLC)905089059
Subject
- Biographical fiction
- Boston (Mass.) -- Fiction
- Carols -- Fiction
- Christmas fiction
- City churches -- Fiction
- Faith -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882 -- Fiction
- Poets, American -- Fiction
- Soldiers -- Family relationships -- United States -- Fiction
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Poetry | Fiction
- War poetry -- Fiction
- Women music teachers -- Fiction
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