The Santa Suit - Mary Kay Andrews

Category: Adults, General Fiction, Humor
Language: English
Keywords: Christmas Community Cozy North Caroline

Written by Mary Kay Andrews
Read by Kathleen McInerney
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

Publisher: Macmillan Audio
Release date: September 28, 2021
Duration: 05:21:36

When newly-divorced Ivy Perkins buys an old farmhouse sight unseen, she is definitely looking for a change in her life. The Four Roses, as the farmhouse is called, is a labor of love—but Ivy didn’t bargain on just how much labor. The previous family left so much furniture and so much junk, that it’s a full-time job sorting through all of it.

At the top of a closet, Ivy finds an old Santa suit—beautifully made and decades old. In the pocket of a suit she finds a note written in a childish hand: it’s from a little girl who has one Christmas wish, and that is for her father to return home from the war. This discovery sets Ivy off on a mission. Who wrote the note? Did the man ever come home? What mysteries did the Rose family hold?

Ivy’s quest brings her into the community, at a time when all she wanted to do was be left alone and nurse her wounds. But the magic of Christmas makes miracles happen, and Ivy just might find more than she ever thought possible: a welcoming town, a family reunited, a mystery solved, and a second chance at love.

“Narrator Kathleen McInerney will have listeners believing in miracles– or miracles in Tarburton, North Carolina, at least–where divorcee Ivy Jenkins has just purchased Four Roses Farm sight unseen. With wry humor McInerney chronicles Ivy’s calamitous move and her frustration at discovering her new home’s Christmas-themed reputation. During the move, Ivy finds a note in a Santa suit and sets out to discover its history. Andrews’s story is filled with local characters, including Ivy’s new friend Phoebe, who has a youthful, mischievous voice, and her realtor, Ezra, who comes across as eager and helpful. As Ivy makes friends in town, McInerney assigns them each unique and age-appropriate voices that enliven the yarn.”— AudioFile