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    Party People
    Party People
    Party People
    Audiobook (abridged)53 minutes

    Party People

    Written by Donald Davis

    Narrated by Donald Davis

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    About this audiobook

    Some folks just prefer to stay home. You know them - whole families who politely decline invitations because they don't spend money on fancy clothes, don't care for "small talk". And they certainly don't dance.

    They're just not "party people".
    Meet an earnest first-grader, intent upon convincing his hill-country parents that other children are treated to a party each year on their birthday, that they invite friends, eat cake - and receive presents.

    Meet also his equally intent mother, who is determined not to open this can of worms, not with the 128 cousins who might start doing the same thing. Both of them step out of this luminous story that turns the concept of "good neighbors" upside down.

    ©2008 Donald Davis; (P)2008 August House, Inc.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAugust House
    Release dateJan 1, 1999
    ISBN9781467611589
    Party People
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    Donald Davis

    Donald Davis was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2013 and lost his wife to cancer in 2020. As long as he has a left hand that he can type with, he chooses to inspire others not to give up. He has found his faith and has chosen to live his life for Christ.

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