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The Christmas Dress
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Bailey Carr
- Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins
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The Christmas Dress
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Publisher's Summary
An enchanted Christmas dress brings two generations of women together for the magic of the season in this delightful holiday story from New York Times best-selling author Courtney Cole.
One dress. Two women. The magic of the holiday season.
When hopeful fashionista Meg Julliard must return to her hometown of Chicago to manage her late father’s apartment building, she thinks her dreams of making it in the fashion business are over. Add in her father’s eclectic roster of tenants who all need Meg’s attention (ASAP!), a host of building-related disasters, and a handsome handyman she keeps embarrassing herself in front of, and this has all the makings for the worst Christmas she’s ever had.
Ellie Wade, one of the building’s longtime residents, is also not feeling the Christmas Joy this year. She is preparing to move into a nursing home (reluctantly), and is in the process of sorting through her belongings to downsize. Every corner of her apartment holds memories - some good, some bad. But there’s one dress she hesitates to pack up, as it represents both the best and worst night of her life.
Ellie and Meg strike up an unlikely friendship, and the story of Ellie’s dress comes out. Ellie gifts the gorgeous dress to Meg, hoping that it will bring her more luck - on the condition that she wear it to the building’s Christmas party.
The dress magically fits, and while it eventually leads to the best night of Meg’s life, it also acts as inspiration for Meg to follow a lifelong dream of her own, a dream that will help save the crumbling Parkview West and restore it to its former glory, keeping it as a safe home for all of the current tenants.
The dress and the magic of the holiday season help both Meg and Ellie find their own happy endings.
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- RueRue
- 2022-08-10
Fluff
Not my kind of story…predictable, fluffy romance, stock characters. And please ! Why did the author frequently have the heroine swooning over the hunky handyman and feeling a “tingle in my ovaries” ?!?! Double cringe 😬
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- taylor carter
- 2023-01-04
A let down
I was really excited for this, it sounded cute and funky but turned out to be very hallmark-y. Her uterus tingled a lot 🫠
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- Pamela Lucht
- 2023-01-03
Magical
The Christmas Dress magically brings together family that’s not family. History and new beginnings. A delightful read or listen anytime if the year!
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- Kimberly J. Pustulka
- 2022-12-21
Hallmark Christmas Movie in Book Form
This book was essentially a way-too-cute Hallmark Christmas movie in book form. It was entertaining enough for something light and feel-good around the holidays.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- Kindle Customer
- 2022-12-18
Christmas Magic
Loved this Christmas tale of love,redemption and finding oneself. I recommend this holiday book to all.
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- Keepurrs
- 2022-12-13
Loved this book!
A feel good read for Christmas! Makes me want to live in this building! Would love a book two!
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- Brittany Forese
- 2022-12-07
Perfect for the time of year
A wonderful, light, happy Christmas story. Exactly what I wanted for this time of year.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2022-12-02
Nice story.
Heartwarming short story with a few twists. Made interesting by the history of the building and past lives of the main characters.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2022-11-22
A Christmas must
This book is so good and beautiful! It is definitely a Christmas must book to listen to!
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- Amazon Customer
- 2022-02-19
beautiful
This was a Hallmark worthy love story. The Bailey Carr did a good job taking the reader to the story. Listening to her voice made this story come alive. I gave the performance 4/5 because there was one particular character whose voice I felt could have been performed differently.
For anyone looking for a cozy romance, this story is worth the time.