Papa's Angels: A Christmas Story

Papa's Angels: A Christmas Story
by Collin Wilcox Paxton, Collin Wilcox Paxton, Gary Carden

Papa's Angels: A Christmas Story
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Author: Collin Wilcox Paxton, Gary Carden
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1996-09
ISBN: 1577310047
Number of pages: 128
Publisher: New World Library

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Book Review: Great and not just a Christmas story.
Summary: 5 Stars

It's hard to believe "Papa's Angels" wasn't written by Becca, the 13 year old girl who narrates the story. Becca, who can't speak, writes to tell the story of her 1930's Smoky Mountain family. With journal-like entries in "Becca's Book," she "says things with writin' that most of us can't say when we talk." She teaches us things that were never our own, without feeling we are being taught, and then they become ours. We learn that some people see nothing but their own misery and we learn about losing someone dear to us but being blessed with another. Gary Carden, authoring 70% of the story, skillfully weaves countless sayings and anecdotes into short narratives of interesting, entertaining and sometimes tear-evoking accounts of a family's struggle. He writes with such a smooth, natural mountain dialogue, the reader isn't offended. "Papa can't tell Santa Claus what to do." "His voice sounded like it had tears in it." and "Raise your head and open your heart." are memorable phrases made by Becca's brothers and sisters about their recently widowered father. "Papa's Angels" might be fiction, but it isn't make believe. You'll laugh in places and if you don't pause somewhere in this book because of the tears, you just ain't folk yet. A definite for children and adults.

Summary of Papa's Angels: A Christmas Story

"This is what happened since Momma died. . . ." So begins this tale, told through the eyes of precocious 12-year-old Becca Jenkins, of an Appalachian mountain family rocked by tragedy. It's Christmas - the first since the death of their mother - and Becca and her four siblings must somehow find a way to draw their father out of his crippling grief. At the height of their hopelessness, Becca and her brothers and sisters, aided by their wise Grammy, devise a plan to help Papa, and themselves, through a troubled time.

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