My mom bought me this book a few years back.  I am sure it was a christmas present and I am sure she bought it thinking I would be able to relate to one of the characters - she's going through a divorce and so was I at the time.  I'm not sure why it took me so long to read this book.  I suppose I figured this book had some sort of happy ending and I really wasn't in the mood for books like this at the time.  I was in a very dark place a year ago and I remember scoffing at any idea of happy endings.  I just didn't see how they were possible in general and especially in my life.  I got over it.

I needed a book to read and it was almost Christmas and I thought this book was appropriate.  It's exactly the kind of book I expected it to be.  It reminded me of a Hallmark Channel movie.  The plot is sort of cliche and I saw most of what was coming before it came and yet I still liked this book.  I'm a sucker for cheesy feel good stories - you should see how many movies I recorded from the Hallmark channel over the last few weeks.  I believe once again in happy endings and in the impossible.  It's nice to immerse myself it the thought of them every now and then.  This would be a great book to read while traveling or sitting at the beach - entertaining enough to keep me interested but not too complicated I have to devote most of my attention to it.  I liked it,  I didn't love it.

From the cover:

Christmas Eve morning at a crowded airport threatens to become Christmas Day when a heavy snowfall waylays five strangers on their way to Asheville, Nor Carolina.  Marta's traveling with two children and the weight of a bitter divorce on her shoulders...Andy, a widower and Vietnam vet, reminisces at the airport bar when he notices the presence of a female soldier...Specialish Ilena is on leave from Iraq, fraught with guilt about leaving her comrades...Reggie, a laid-off assembly worker, contemplates his uncertain future... and wealthy businessman John is troubled by the untimely death of his high-powered, workaholic father.

As the Travelers reflect on their lives, a new challenge soon arises:  their plane is grounded.  But in the spirit of the season, a good samaritan offers to drive them to Asheville.  Then her van gets stuck on a snowy road -  and the real journey begins for an unlikely group who have more in common than meets the eye as they embark on a magical passage that will show them the true meaning of Christmas

pages:  274

pages read to date:  2058

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