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Hallie's Heart: A Novel | 
| Author: Shelly Beach
Publisher: Kregel Publications
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 313383
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 240
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 5.3 x 0.7
ISBN: 0825424364
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9780825424366
ASIN: 0825424364
Publication Date: January 12, 2007
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Product Description
An eccentric antique dealer and her fifteen-year-old niece struggle to find healing in this Mitford-type novel. Guaranteed fiction!
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 ...a touching family story and a refreshing debut novel. July 15, 2007
Most weekends find flame-haired Mona VanderMolen scouting for rare finds. A former teacher who quit her job after a family tragedy, she's been the owner of Stewartville Antiques for eighteen months now and is finally learning the ropes. But life isn't easy in the antique business. Dealers often outbid her at auctions, and things are tight. Someone has already offered to buy her out. But she's a fighter, and she intends to make it through the tough times.
Mona's dire financial situation isn't her only problem. Her relationship with her beloved fifteen-year-old nice Hallie was shattered eighteen months ago, thanks to Mona's sister. She blames Mona for the accident the family's still reeling from and refuses to allow aunt and niece to see each other. But that's about to change. Hallie has plans her mother and Mona know nothing about. Can Mona get through to her niece with the love and forgiveness she so desperately needs? Or will that tragedy that shook their family take them both down for good?
Mona's quirks (like her peanut M&M cravings) make her believable and real, and it's easy to understand why niece Hallie is drawn to her. The single, fun loving woman isn't concerned what people think, either of her appearance or actions. Hallie herself is painted as the slightly cliched rebellious teenager at first, but it isn't long before we see her in a different light.
The theme of forgiveness is gently and convincingly woven through the pages of this contemporary story. Some of the dream sequences were a little hard to follow, but Beach's sprinkling of imaginative phrases (my favorite: "It's hot enough to gag a maggot.") and characters you'd like to call your friends make up for some mild first-book-itis.
Overall, Hallie's Heart is a touching family story and a refreshing debut novel.
--Reviewed by C.J. Darlington for TitleTrakk
Great new author! July 6, 2007
This is a very good book. I love the humor that is interspersed in Shelly Beach's writing about everyday life. She delves into pain and God's healing in a gentle and loving way through her characters. I am eager to read a sequel. I highly recommend Hallie's Heart!
Hallies Heart February 28, 2007
It was fun to read of places where I am from in the central Michigan area. I would recomend this book to anyone as a refreshing break. I enjoyed it and feel that she did a great job writing it.
Teenage Forgiveness February 8, 2007
Hallie's Heart is a refreshing story of a troubled teenager and a loving Aunt who reaches out to help Hallie in life's situations. Written with suspense and beautiful verbal articulation; a novel which depicts God's forgiveness and love. Hallie's Heart calls for another episode!
fresh fiction January 22, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This first novel by Beach is filled with fresh characters and events and details. Beach tells a serious tale with a winsome touch of humor. When I finished the book, I hugged my oldest son who just happened to be walking through the room. The good and courageous relationships in this book left me wanting more of that in my own life. And Beach better start writing--I believe there's more of Mona and Hallie's story to be told. I'm left ready to read it!
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