Simon & Schuster
Featuring: Joseph Jacobson; April
266 pages ISBN: 145162803X EAN: 9781451628036 Kindle: B007EE4LUK Hardcover / e-Book Add to Wish List
Joseph was so embarrassed! He just knew this would go down
badly. Why did he tell his father about his strange
dream? Why did his father have to tell his brothers? Why
then did he have to tell everyone that Joseph is his
favourite son?
Joseph managed to get through the evening, but he knew his
brothers would get back at him and they did -- in spades!
Their father had built up Jacobson Advertising, a very
successful advertising company in Colorado, from scratch
and now employed all his 13 children, twelve sons and one
daughter, in good paying jobs in the firm. Israel, or Ace,
as his friends called him is a vibrant man who married four
times. His fourth wife, Rachel is a real beauty and Ace is
deeply in love with her. He loves to treat her well and
their two youngest children, Joseph and Ben, also received
all the favouritism usually accorded to younger
children now that their father is no longer struggling to build
up his business.
Waiting for the hammer to drop, Joseph gets called into a
serious meeting with his older stepbrothers. It seems that
young Ben had been embezzling the family business. Joseph
knew it will be devastating both for Ben and his father
if Ben ends up going to prison. As he tries to stop them
from that action, their solution involves Joseph's exile
from the business. How could Ben face the loneliness away
from his close-knit family? How would his fiancé react?
Can he handle the political in-fighting in this new
environment?
Best-selling author, Richard Paul Evans, has gained a
strong reputation from writing stories that have ended up
being classic stories that people like to read over again,
especially during the Christmas season. A WINTER DREAM is
sure to add to that collection with its wonderful
contemporary version of the Biblical story of Joseph and
the Coat of Many Colours.
While the story has a festive link, Evans fans, both new
and existing, can certainly read it with enjoyment anytime
during the year. While the storyline is well-known, there
is still a heightened sense of suspense as you read just to
find out how Evans is going to re-interpret the story.
Evans sets a very believable and convincing context for his
story and the interactions between the characters in A
WINTER DREAM are very well set out and credible. I
particularly liked the developing relationship between
Joseph and April, the waitress that helps JJ in adjusting
to Chicago and how she grapples with a secret of her own
that creates difficulty. Their connection is sweet,
tentative and amusing and your heart will ache as their
story unfolds. Those who like this type of story are sure
to be pleased not only with the story, but also with how
the age old truths are revealed in a new light! Enjoy!
The author of the bestselling phenomenon The Christmas Box
presents a new holiday novel about family, fate and
forgiveness. Joseph Jacobson is the twelfth of thirteen
siblings, all of whom are employed by their father’s
successful Colorado advertising company. But underneath the
success runs a poisonous undercurrent of jealousy; Joseph is
his father’s favorite and the focus of his brothers’ envy
and hatred. When the father seems ready to anoint Joseph as
his heir, the brothers make their move, forcing Joseph from
the company and his Denver home, severing his ties to his
parents and ending his relationship with his soon-to-be
fianceé. Alone and lonely, Joseph must start a new life.
Joseph joins a Chicago advertising agency where his
creativity helps him advance high up in the company. He also
finds hope for a lasting love with April, a kind woman with
a secret. However, all secrets hold consequences, and when
Joseph learns the truth about April’s past, his world is
again turned upside down. Finally, Joseph must confront his
own difficult past in order to make his dreams for the
future come true. A Winter Dream is an ingenious modern
retelling of the Old Testament story of Joseph and the coat
of many colors by the master of the holiday novel.
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