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Description edit
"Obey your compassionate instincts, Charles. Buy them!" So declares the old bookseller as he shuffles into Charles's bookshop. He unloads what appear to be beat-up and worthless Bibles on the hapless Charles, proclaiming that certain people in the small town need the books desperately. He... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Charles: Owner of a bookstore who is considered a good and caring man in the community
- Greta: Charles' wife who tends to gripe about everything
- Dory: A young orphan that works at Charles' bookstore
- Lottie: The local hairdresser with a checkered past
- Nancy: A mother of two from the wrong side of town
- Theo: The first mortician in town who is very anti-Christian
- William: The president of the Bank who is incredibly greedy
- Adele Anderson: One of the twins, both of whom are living the Christian life and offer heartfelt charity
- Ardis Anderson: One of the twins, both of whom are living the Christian life and offer heartfelt charity
- T. T. Angell: The mysterious new mortician in town
First Sentence edit
The Old Man skittered through the open autumn door like a heap of shuffling leaves, all crackles at the joints and rustling in the folds of his clothes.
Table of Contents edit
Chapter 1: The Old Seller of Books
Chapter 2: Antiques
Chapter 3: The Business of Burying
Chapter 4: Something There Is Which Does Not Like a Bible
Chapter 5: An Imperfect Man
Chapter 6: Mary Magdalene
Chapter 7: Three Down and Three To Go
Chapter 8: The Ladies' Meeting
Chapter 9: Gifts
Chapter 10: Everything Counts
Chapter 11: The Odd Forms of Charity
Chapter 12: Revelations
Chapter 13: The Fantastic Dream
Chapter 14: Golden Reading
Chapter 15: The Specter Makes a Move
Chapter 16: Treasures
Chapter 17: Nancy Alone
Chapter 18: Halloween
Chapter 19: Lottie and the Undertaker
Chapter 20: Goblin Crock and Witch Baloney
Chapter 21: Halloween Parades
Chapter 22: The Color of His Eyes
Chapter 23: Tricks and Treats
Chapter 24: Aftermath
Chapter 25: Visions
Chapter 26: Resurrection
Chapter 27: November 2
Chapter 28: Eternal Conflict
Chapter 29: Another Dreamer
Chapter 30: Commerce
Chapter 31: Other Forces at Work
Chapter 32: Going for Theo
Chapter 33: Discovering the Books
Chapter 34: Recovering the Books
Chapter 35: Good-bye, William
Chapter 36: The Last Dream
Chapter 37: The Question of Angels
Authors & Contributors edit
- Barbara Miller (Author)
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