Booking Mama: Review: The Snow Globe

Summary: Discover an unforgettable holiday treasure in Sheila Roberts` heartwarming story of bed and laughter, magic and miracles, friendship and coming home_On a blustery afternoon, Kylie Gray wanders into an antique shop and buys an enchanting snow globe."There`s a story behind that snow globe," the antique dealer tells her.The original owner, he explains, was a German toymaker who confused his wife and son right before Christmas.

hen the grieving widower received the handcrafted snow globe as a Yuletide gift, he saw the effigy of a beautiful woman beneath the glass-a woman who would fall into his life, mend his rugged heart and bring him back to the public of the living.For years, the snow globe has passed from genesis to generation, somehow always landing in the men of a soul in particular need of a Christmas miracle. Kiley could use a miracle herself.This year, all she wants for Christmastime is individual to love.A hopeful shake leads her on an escapade that makes a believer out of her. When Kylie shares the history of the snow globe with her best friends-two women with problems of their own-they don`t trust it.But they`re around to see that at Christmastime, sometimes the impossible becomes possible and miracles really do come true. - St. Martin's Press I am so swamped right now with holiday things - cleaning, wrapping, shopping, baking, partying, etc. - that I scarcely have had a chance to clean up a word the preceding few days. In fact, I'm becoming quite disappointed that I can't even fit in a few pages! So when THE SNOW GLOBE by Sheila Roberts, arrived in the mail, I thought to myself, "This power be a record that I can fit into my busy schedule." I'm embarrassed to say that this small book still took me a few years to complete, and it's only 166 pages. However, it is a perfectly fun read for the Christmas season! THE SNOW GLOBE tells the level of three friends whose lives are forever changed once they get ownership of a snow globe. This very special snow globe actually has magical qualities. It has been passed down through the generations and has brought miracles to those in need. The owner of the snow globe is guaranteed a miracle (or at least something that will have their life better), and they are fortunate enough to see what the hereafter will take every time they stimulate the globe. And that's where Kiley, Suzanne and Allison come in. Each woman finds themselves facing the holidays with something wanting in their lives until they they end up possessing the special snow globe. The narrative begins with Kiley, a young woman whose fiance left her for her sister. She desperately wants to obtain happiness but is afraid of rejection after such an awful (and embarrassing) breakup. Kiley questions her sanity when the inside of the snow globe changes and she sees herself with a man and a toy shop, and she is yet more startled to really feel the actual memory and man one day when she was out with friends. Needless to say, Kiley's visions in the snow globe are coming true and she is good on her way to finding happiness! Kiley wants everyone she loves to make the same experience with the snow world that she has had, so she gives it to her dear friend Suzanne. Suzanne doesn't buy the magic powers of the snow globe, but she takes it home places it on her mantle. Suzanne is a woman who seems to accept it all, a heavy husband, a beautiful daughter, a success career, etc. however, she is so caught up in achieving that she misses out on all of her blessings. It appears that the snow globe is doing more harm than good until Suzanne faces a life-changing accident and realizes the crucial things in life. Once Suzanne's life is changes for the better, she gives the snow globe to Allison, a sweet woman who is missing her grandma and dreading spending the holidays with her dysfunctional family. It's fairly obvious by now that the snow globe is passing to change Allison's life too - but it's not earn as to how because Allison sees herself having tea with her dead grandmother. Suffice it to say, that everything works out well for all three women and the word leaves the reader with a touch of hope - and yet some doubt as to whose lifetime the snow globe will affect next. There are some valuable life lessons in THE SNOW World that areespecially meaningful during the holiday season such as the importanceof family, friendship, and love. It's only an ideal read for this sentence of class and it will definitely warm your heart! Thanks to Newman Communications for providing a transcript of this novel.