Book Description:
Christmas is eagerly awaited by Lulu, a young girl living in a small Wisconsin town during the Great Depression. Anticipation is transformed into anxiety when Daddy loses his job, doubts about Santa flicker, and that Shirley Temple doll seems further away than ever.
Mama reveals her own brutal Christmas as an orphan, adding new worries. But it’s Lulu’s deep faith and vibrant hope that keeps her looking forward to each new day and the glorious gift of Christmas.
In her touching memoir, Ludmilla Bollow, an award-winning playwright and novelist, recounts the year before her family’s toughest Christmas. There’s a haunting encounter with freaks at a circus sideshow, the heartbreaking loss of the town’s recluse who was committed to finding true love, a disastrous Thanksgiving at Grandma’s, and, of course, the long-awaited Christmas! Lulu’s spirit of love and joy radiates throughout this emotive recall of family life during hard times.
About Ludmilla Bollow:
Ludmilla Bollow was born and raised in Wisconsin. She is a freelance writer, a published novelist, and a prize-winning playwright whose plays have been performed in over ninety theaters in the U.S. and published by Samuel French, Broadway Plays, and sixteen leading play anthologies.
She has been a board member of the Wisconsin Regional Writers Association and the Wisconsin Council for Writers, and she is a member of both the Dramatist Guild and the International Center for Women Playwrights. Her short stories, poetry, and articles have been published in magazines and journals in the U.S, England, and India.
Lulu’s Christmas Story is Ludmilla’s second book and first memoir. She lives in Glendale, Wisconsin with her husband, William.
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