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This Christmas, Emily Merkle (call her Mrs. Miracle!) is working in the toy department at Finley's, the last family-owned department store in New York City. And her boss is none other than…Jake Finley, the owner's son.For Jake, holiday memories of brightly wrapped gifts, decorated trees and family were destroyed in a Christmas Eve tragedy years before. Now Christmas means just one thing to him—and to his father. Profit. Because they need a Christmas miracle to keep the business afloat.Holly Larson needs a miracle, too. She wants to give her eight-year-old nephew, Gabe, the holiday he deserves. Holly's widowed brother is in the army and won't be home for Christmas, but at least she can get Gabe that toy robot from Finley's, the one gift he desperately wants. If she can figure out how to afford it…
Fortunately, it's Mrs. Miracle to the rescue. Next to making children happy, she likes nothing better than helping others—and that includes doing a bit of matchmaking!
This Christmas will be different. For all of them.
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Customer Reviews
2010-10-16
By Sheri L. Custer (Greencastle, PA)
I just finished this book and can't wait for the movie. I enjoyed Doris Roberts as Mrs. Miracle in the first movie and hope she's casted in this one. I believe the movie is due out in December 2010. Great book and brings smiles to my heart.
2010-10-10
By Books4Betty
Nothing puts me in the Christmas spirit more than snuggling up with a warm blanket and a good book. This Christmas, and every Christmas after, I plan on snuggling up with this gem of a book. Call Me Mrs. Miracle is the sequel to the hit Mrs. Miracle written by Debbie Macomber, and I highly recommend this to all readers.
As a book reviewer I often get a book weeks before it is released to the stores to sell, so with that being said, I was given an advanced copy of Call Me Mrs. Miracle during the Summer, and to say I was not in the "spirit" to read a Christmas book is true; however, once I picked it up, I could not put this book down. I was enveloped by my imaginary snuggly blanket, sipping hot cocoa, and enjoying all the pleasures the holiday season brings with it. Macomber has an eloquent craft of placing readers in her books. With every page that I turned, I felt like I was right there with these characters. This is an attribute I look for in every (and all) books I read. Macomber received high marks in my books for this.
Jake Finley and Holly Larson are both in need of holiday miracles, and who better to grant them than Emily Merkle? Emily Merkle, whose name is cleverly mistaken for Miracle, works her magic once again in this book. Call Me Mrs. Miracle begins with Jake Finely, the young son of J.R. Finley, over estimating Finley's toy stock. He ordered hundreds of the toy robot called: Intellytron the SuperRobot (or just Telly for short) and is under immense pressure to sell them all by Christmas Eve. J.R. is none-too-pleased with his son's actions and threatens to fire Jake if all of the robots are not sold.
Holly Larson, the young fashion assistant and now step-in mother to her eight-year-old nephew Gabe, is strapped for cash and desperate to provide Gabe with a wonderful Christmas. Holly's brother Mickey, as the readers learn, was sent out on a fifteen-month deployment to Afghanistan with the National Guard. Not only is Holly's brother absent for the Holiday's, so are her parents, leaving Holly, alone, to take care of her young nephew. Call Me Mrs. Miracle begins with Holly and Gabe's strained relationship turning for the better. She is relieved she and Gabe are on better terms, and therefore, she is determined to provide him with a Christmas he'll never forget.
Where does Mrs. Miracle fit in? Well, Emily is Finley's new sales assistant. Who at one point has not dreamed of working in a toy store? I think it would be great fun to be able to play with toys all day! I will not give any details away from this point on, but I will say Jake, Holly, and Gabe become very close because of Mrs. Miracle and her involvement with the toy department. Gabe's one wish is to get a Telly for Christmas and he more than once finds himself, and his aunt, at Finley's.
Macomber has written a lovely Christmas story! I love how descriptive she was with New York City and Christmastime. I, myself, have never been to New York and through Macomber's writing, I felt as if I was riding in a carriage, taking in the decorations, or snacking on roasted chestnuts. I may have sighed in awe a few times through these sections. Bravo to Macomber!
To conclude, I wanted to give Call Me Mrs. Miracle a 5 star rating, however, I felt as if the last chapter was rushed and felt as if it could have been a little bit longer. Although there was one minor hiccup, Macomber wrote a fantastic Christmastime book and I highly recommended it be read, and then read again each year that follows.
2010-10-10
By Jan Comsky
I read all of the Debbie Macomber Christmas/Romantic Comedies every year, and this was one of her best stories. I finished reading this book about 4/5 days ago, and the characters (plus the wonderful ending to the book) are still with me. I hope that this book will be made into a Hallmark Movie. I loved every minute of this book. Thank you Debbie!
2010-10-09
By ITZME (Dallas, TX)
Another "feel good" book from Debbie Macomber. This is the second in the Mrs. Miracle grouping. Mickey Larson has gone to Afghanistan, his wife is deceased and he leaves his son Gabe with his sister Holly. Holly works for a designer Lindy Lee and is having a hard time making ends meet with another mouth to feed. She meets Jake Finley while getting her morning coffee at a nearby shop. Jake's family owns a very large department store where Mrs. Miracle is working as seasonal help in the toy department. And all ends well.
2010-10-08
By Laurie
This was another wonderful Christmas Story and I can't wait to see the movie coming out on Nov 27 on the Hallmark Channel. Last years Mrs Miracle book and movie were delightful and fun to watch. Doris Roberts is coming back as Mrs Miracle again for this one and I'm sure it will be just as great as the book. If you haven't read this one yet... Please Hurry.. This is a book worth the money!
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