Christmas with Tucker, Greg Kincaid
Christmas with Tucker, Greg Kincaid
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Christmas with Tucker

Author: Greg Kincaid

Narrator: Mark Bramhall

Unabridged: 5 hr 9 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/02/2010

Categories: Fiction, Coming Of Age


Synopsis

In this heartwarming novel, Greg Kincaid, the bestselling author of A Dog Named Christmas, revisits the early life of one of that books protagonists and brings us a holiday tale of redemption, hope, and forgiveness. Its 1962, and as Christmas approaches so does one of the worst snow and ice storms in Kansas history. Without utilities and emergency services, it is a dangerous time for the residents of Cherokee County. For the McCray family, it is even worse.Big Bo McCray is the county road maintainer, and it is his duty to keep the roads clearbut all tasks seem more difficult to Bo and his wife Cora due to the recent death of their only son, John. Losses begin to pile up for the family like the snow on their rural roads. Johns wife and two daughters move off the McCray family farm and return to Minnesota, leaving the youngest member of the family, thirteenyearold George, behind with his grandparents.Young George has been hit hard by his fathers death and hangs on to the farm,the only thing left to connect him to his father.As George retreats into his grief, Bo and Coras focus shifts to their struggling grandson.Then, when an alcoholic neighbor does a stint in the county jail, someone must care for his dog, Tucker, an Irish Setter. Tucker comes to the McCrays with his own pain yet learns to trust George as boy and dog form a bond that helps George begin to deal with his grief and helps him take the first steps into manhood.

About Greg Kincaid

Greg Kincaid, New York Times bestselling author of A Dog Named Christmas, is a practicing lawyer specializing in divorce and family-law mediation. The father of five children, he lives on a farm in eastern Kansas with his wife and two dogs.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Cara on December 19, 2021

OH MY GOSH!!!!! I'm at a loss for words, Christmas with Tucker by Greg Kincaid absolutely broke my heart. All I can say is have a box of tissues close by because you will need them!! I have never read Greg Kincaid before, but this certainly won't be my last. Christmas with Tucker had me crying while......more

Goodreads review by Ruth on August 21, 2022

The winter of 1962, Kansas is hit with one of the worst blizzards the state has ever seen. During this cruel winter twelve-year-old George must endure more than most kids his age should be asked to handle. The death of his father and the upkeep of the family farm which will be his legacy. When Geor......more

Goodreads review by Veronika on December 31, 2021

Kaip galima dovanų paprašyti savo senojo gyvenimo? 🖋️ ..net ir skaudžios patirtys gali sukurti gėrio stebuklą. 🖋️ ...išnarstyti rūpesčius po kaulelį, o tada, jei viskas sklandžiai pavyksta, ir vėl susiklijuoti savo sudužusią širdį. 🖋️ Kol nesubręstame ir neišsiugdome gebėjimo iš šalies pažvelgti į savo......more

Goodreads review by Rebekah on December 18, 2023

2023 Reread Loved it just as much as the first time! Oh, this story! I had read and loved “A Dog Named Christmas,” and when I found out there was another one by the same author about the same people, I was excited! There is so much heart to this story. George McCray remembers back to the Christmas time......more

Goodreads review by Sharon on April 11, 2019

A coming of age story of George McCray living with his grandparents after his father died in a farm accident. His mother and sisters had moved to Minnesota to start a new life. George loved the farm and all the jobs his grandfather had taught him. The most important job in the winter was clearing the......more