

Christmas in Cedar Cove
Author: Debbie Macomber
Narrator: Sandra Burr
Unabridged: 8 hr 18 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Published: 10/26/2010
Author: Debbie Macomber
Narrator: Sandra Burr
Unabridged: 8 hr 18 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Published: 10/26/2010
How many people follow the dream they had as a child growing up? American Women's Fiction and Romance novelist, Debbie Macomber did just that. She realized that it was her dream to become a writer from the time she was in fourth grade. She did not act upon that dream (for fear of rejection) until she was 30 years old, and the mother of four children. She submitted many manuscripts, but all were rejected. She attended a romance writers conference, where one of her manuscripts, Heartsong, was selected to be critiqued by an editor from Harlequin Enterprises, Inc. Of course, that editor ripped her work to shreds with his criticism, and recommended she throw it away! Instead, she gathered the $10 fee and submitted the same manuscript to Harlequin's competitor, Silhouette Books. They published the manuscript, and Macomber's illustrious writing career began in earnest.
Debbie Macomber overcame her dyslexia to become one of the most prolific authors of romance novels. She sat in her kitchen, with four children, tapping out her work on an ordinary typewriter. At her peak writing, she was releasing two or three titles per year, with her first hardcover novel being released in 2001.
Most women today are very familiar with Macomber's current works, especially those that have been made into Hallmark Channel movies and series. The Christmas movies.......Debbie Macomber's Mrs. Miracle, Call Me Mrs. Miracle, and Trading Christmas.....have become iconic Christmas features. The Cedar Cove series was also a hit with not only Debbie Macomber fans, but Hallmark fans in general.
Macomber and her husband raised their four children, and now have grandchildren. They still live in Port Orchard, Washington, but now winter in Florida.
I would skip this one too The first part of the story was interesting but the 2nd part we mostly knew all about what was going on. I don't know if it is me or what but I find her books are getting to sound the same Seems like she has gone flat for story lines but think that has happened to many other authors.
This read was a wonderful Christmas story. Debbie Macomber at her best.......more
I love the world of Debbie Macomber. Such good feels about love and life. Her characters do have problems and there are shady characters too. However good always triumphs. I love the values she upholds . Her stories are so wholesome !......more
if this is all it takes to be a "New York Times #1 Bestseller" then i'm flabbergasted. most memorable sentence. "Jean Claude knew too much. He could not be allowed to live." i laughed out loud. at least i think it was Jean Claude. might have been jean pierre or something. i wrote better stuff in jun......more