Noel Letters, Richard Paul Evans
Noel Letters, Richard Paul Evans
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Noel Letters

Bestseller

Author: Richard Paul Evans

Narrator: Helene Maksoud

Unabridged: 7 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/27/2020


Synopsis

#1 New York Times bestselling author Richard Paul Evans returns this holiday season with a tale of love, belonging, and family, following a trail of letters that leads to a Christmas revelation about the healing miracle of hope and forgiveness.

After nearly two decades, Noel Post, an editor for a major New York publishing house, returns to her childhood home in Salt Lake City to see her estranged, dying father. What she believed would be a brief visit turns into something more as she inherits the bookstore her father fought to keep alive. Reeling from loneliness, a recent divorce, and unanticipated upheavals in her world, Noel begins receiving letters from an anonymous source, each one containing thoughts and lessons about her life and her future. She begins to reacquaint herself with the bookstore and the people she left behind, and in doing so, starts to unravel the reality of her painful childhood and the truth about her family. As the holidays draw near, she receives a Christmastime revelation that changes not only how she sees the past but also how she views her future.

About Richard Paul Evans

Showing great tenacity, American author, Richard Paul Evans, grew up in Murray City, Utah, and when he decided to write and publish a book, he could not find a willing publisher, so he self-published. That book was entitled, The Christmas Box. He had been working full time as an advertising executive, when he decided to write a Christmas story for his children. He distributed his book to area bookstores, and it became a huge local success.

The following year, The Christmas Box became the #2 bestseller on the New York Times list. That distinction led to a bidding war among publishers (who originally had no interest). Simon and Schuster won the bidding with their advance payment of $4.2 million! They released the book in hardcover in 1995, and it became the first book to be NYT #1 bestseller in both hard cover and paperback.

In 1995, The Christmas Box was made into a movie for television, starring Richard Thomas and Maureen O'Hara. In 1996 his book, Timepiece, was also made into a television movie starring Naomi Watts, James Earl Jones, and Ellen Burstyn. Other books adapted for movies were, The Locket, A Perfect Day, The Mistletoe Promise, and The Mistletoe Inn.

Evans is known for his conservative Christian themes appealing to family values, and for his children's books. He also founded Christmas Box House, Int'l that helps abused and neglected children, with a network of shelters and services. Another group was established to help men who have feelings of isolation caused by the "toxic masculinity" movement by some women. This group is called Tribe of Kyngs. Evans lives in Salt Lake City, Utah with his wife, five children, and one grandchild.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Darla on October 23, 2020

I was crying all over the screen of my elliptical. When I got up this morning I had about 25% left to read. My overall impression so far was three stars for this new holiday read. It was raining cats and dogs outside so I jumped on the elliptical in our basement for some cardio and opened up my digi......more

Goodreads review by Ink_Drinker on November 21, 2020

The Noel Letters is the forth book in the Noel series, but can be read as a standalone. I’ve always thought there should be a gene called “Happily Ever After” and books by Richard Paul Evans would fall into this category. His books remind me of my favorite Hallmark movie in the form of a book. I wai......more

Goodreads review by Jeanne on January 23, 2021

Maybe it is just me. Maybe it was because I didn't have the time to read big chunks of the story at one time. Or maybe it was because I wasn't in the right frame of mind as I was reading this, but I never really connected to the characters and felt as if the story was choppy a lot of the time. I wil......more

Goodreads review by Kev on December 19, 2021

This was my first book to read in this series, and now I realize that I need to go back and read the others, because this was great! I'm not surprised though, because I've enjoyed all of the other books that I have read so far by Richard Paul Evans. My favorites are The Broken Road trilogy, Lost Dece......more

Goodreads review by Jennifer on November 14, 2020

I always look forward to Richard Paul Evans Christmas releases.......more