Christmas with Tucker

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.