Silent Star

by Tracie Peterson

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What a delightful little novella that will surely tug on your heart strings this Christmas! This is a sure fire winner as a stocking stuffer! Or maybe you're looking for a genuine heart warming story to read after Christmas when the lull has set in after all the excitement? Pick up this book and you won't go wrong! Tracie Peterson has a knack for telling a charming story, making the characters live and breathe on the page, and drawing the reader in so that they feel they are part of the community surrounding the characters. This book is no exception with strong characters, memorable descriptions, and a storyline that will weave its spell over you!

Young Andy carries a great burden on his young shoulders. Left behind by his deceased parents, he takes a grim job, one which he abhors and yet must keep at in order to make his meager living. It is wartime and the town is mourning the loss of many of its fine young men who are dying on the war fields. Embarrassed because he wasn't fit to fight in the war because of his bum leg - an injury that happened years earlier in the car accident that claimed his father's life, Andy is further ostracized by his job. If he thought staying home when all his peers were off fighting the great war was worse enough, he finds that his job as deliverer of telegrams sinks him to an even lower level. He soon becomes known as the "bearer of bad news" and people he's known his entire life begin avoiding him for fear he will bring an army telegram telling of the death of one of their own sons. He begins living out his meager existence comprised of delivering his telegrams by day and sitting alone in his parents home at night. That is, until he meets someone who is in need of someone to love herself, Estella. Although decades separate them in age, they find a kindred spirit in one another and someone to love and care for once again. Will Estella be able to use her wisdom and coax the town into embracing young Andy once again?

You'll have to read this story to find out!