The Charm Bracelet: A Novel (The Heirloom Novels) - Hardcover

Shipman, Viola

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1250071321 ISBN 13: 9781250071323

Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books, 2016

Synopsis

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Lose yourself to the magic of The Charm Bracelet.

Through an heirloom charm bracelet, three women will rediscover the importance of family and a passion for living as each charm changes their lives.

On her birthday each year, Lolly’s mother gave her a charm, along with the advice that there is nothing more important than keeping family memories alive, and so Lolly’s charm bracelet would be a constant reminder of that love.

Now seventy and starting to forget things, Lolly knows time is running out to reconnect with a daughter and granddaughter whose lives have become too busy for Lolly or her family stories.

But when Arden, Lolly’s daughter, receives an unexpected phone call about her mother, she and granddaughter Lauren rush home. Over the course of their visit, Lolly reveals the story behind each charm on her bracelet, and one by one the family stories help Lolly, Arden, and Lauren reconnect in a way that brings each woman closer to finding joy, love, and faith.

A compelling story of three women and a beautiful reminder of the preciousness of family, Vioala Shipman's The Charm Bracelet is a keepsake you’ll cherish long after the final page.

About this title

From the Author

Welcome!
 
The Charm Bracelet is a tribute to my Ozarks grandmother, Viola Shipman, who I grewup alongside, the jangling of her charm bracelet as ever-present as the moan ofthe bullfrogs, the call of the whippoorwill and the hum of the cicadas.
 
It was through the charms on my grandmother'sbracelet that I got to know her. I found that each charm held a story, a keythat unlocked a secret part of her life.

Through these charms, I got to know mygrandmother not just as a grandmother but also as an incredible woman who hadlived an extraordinary life filled with beauty, hope and tragedy.

My grandmother's story and life jangled in myhead for years, and I felt compelled to write a novel based on her charms andthe lessons she taught me: That the simplest things in life - family, friends,faith, fun, love, and a passion for what you do - truly are the grandest gifts.
 
I couldn't be prouder of this novel, which not only honorsmy grandmother, with the pen name Viola Shipman, but also all of our elders.
 
I hope you're "charmed"! 

xo,
Wade Rouse

About the Author

VIOLA SHIPMAN is a pen name for Wade Rouse, a popular, award-winning memoirist. Rouse chose his grandmother’s name, Viola Shipman, to honor the woman whose charm bracelet and family stories inspired him to write his debut novel, which is a tribute to all of our elders. Rouse lives in Michigan and writes regularly for People and Coastal Living, among other places, and is a contributor to All Things Considered. To date, The Charm Bracelet has been translated into nine languages. He is at work on his second “heirloom novel.”

About this edition

• Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1250071321
• ISBN 13: 9781250071323
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 304