Book description
It began with a quarrel over which newborn should be the baby Jesus in the town's Christmas pageant. Decades later, two scientists arrive to study small-town genetic patterns, only to run up against the invisible walls that split the leading citizens into two congregations that can only be joined by…
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1 author picked A Town Divided by Christmas as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Any book set in the North Carolina mountains is sure to get my attention and the fact that this one parallels my own book, ¡Ole! in a Manger, was just icing on the cake. In this case, there are two churches in the tiny town of Good Shepherd, going head to head in their annual Nativity pageants. Interject a few scientific equations into the downhome sentiments and scenarios and you get a tale that will leave you smiling.
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