Zanna's Gift: A Life in Christmases (Library Edition)

Scott Richards (aka-Orson Scott Card)

ISBN 10: 1433278324 ISBN 13: 9781433278327

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc., 2011

Synopsis

[This is the Audiobook CD Library Edition in vinyl case.]

[Directed by Judy Young]

[Read by Stefan Rudnicki and Emily Janice Card]

From the pen of a masterful storyteller comes a touching and inspirational story of love, loss, and the true meaning of Christmas that will take its place beside Richard Paul Evans' ''Christmas Box Trilogy,'' as a timeless classic that will be passed from generation to generation.

When the Pullman family lost their eldest son Ernie to an unexpected illness just before Christmas, 1938, it was devastating to all of them, but especially to young Suzanna, their four-year-old daughter who shared a special bond with her big brother. A strangely gifted child, Zanna loved to draw, but Ernie was the only one who was able to see the pictures in the curious patterns she made. And he did not live to see her last gift, a Christmas painting she had made just for him.

This is the story of that gift, and how it inspired her and her whole family, generation to generation, to keep alive the spirit of imagination, hope, and love, for Christmases to come.

Zanna grew up to be a famous artist, but in the hearts of her children and grandchildren, her nieces and nephews, that first painting, the Gift, was truly her most important work. Christmas after Christmas, as the long decades pass up to the present day, Scott Richards allows us to share in the warmth of a family bound together by the transcendent miracle of love.

Zanna's life, told in Christmases, will inspire you to keep alive your own family traditions, to share those loving moments with your children and grandchildren for years to come.

About this title

About the Author

SCOTT RICHARDS grew up in California, and travels extensively throughout the world.

ORSON SCOTT CARD, the author of the New York Times bestseller Ender's Game, has won several Hugo and Nebula awards for his works of speculative fiction. His 'Ender' novels are widely read by adults and younger readers and are increasingly used in schools. Besides these and other science fiction novels, Card writes contemporary fantasy, biblical novels, the American frontier fantasy series the Tales of Alvin Maker, poetry, and many plays and scripts. He currently lives in Greensboro, North Carolina, with his family.

Edition details

• Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1433278324
• ISBN 13: 9781433278327
• Binding: Audio CD