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    Holiday Diary
    Holiday Diary
    Holiday Diary
    Ebook43 pages35 minutes

    Holiday Diary

    By David DeLucia

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    Holiday Diary is a collection of 4 short stories on the themes of love and loss. A Little Candle Girl is an updated version of A Little Match Girl, with a modern theme. It concerns a man who discovers his wife having an affair. As he drives away in a rage, he notices a forlorn girl selling candles...Alone For Christmas concerns the annual trek of a man who has lost his family...or has he? Finding Nonny centers around a girl's search for her grandmother, who has Alzheimers' and has wandered away during the holiday season. Lastly, A Walk To The Paradise Garden is the tale of two terminally ill lovers who need to see the Paradise Garden, in all its glory, one last time...

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDavid DeLucia
    Release dateApr 13, 2013
    ISBN9781301829941
    Holiday Diary
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    David DeLucia

    I'm an amateur author who is new to the world of e books. My material is either inspirational (Holiday Diary)or in the genre of Self Help.(How to Succeed at Life). I'm especially proud of my short story Room 255, based on the closing days of my father's experience with Alzheimers' Disease.

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