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Product Description
A middle-aged man, jobless and recently evicted. An old woman estranged from her family. A frustrated youth pastor. A young mother and son spending their first holiday alone since her husband’s accident. And a gas station owner forced to work on a holiday. But hope often comes when least expected. As midnight approaches, these five randomly cross paths, changing each others’ lives forever. Midnight Clear is a modern-day parable about how seemingly insignificant acts of grace
can make a profound difference.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #2401744 in Books
- Published on: 2007-10-05
- Formats: Abridged, Audiobook, CD
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 3
- Binding: Audio CD
Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
Most Christmas novellas are as gentle as snow falling in a well-contained snow globe: everything is muted and soft around the edges. But this story by Jenkins (Left Behind), a novelization of the December DVD release Midnight Clear starring Stephen Baldwin, takes on some darker themes than the usual holiday fare: one character is a realistically-portrayed alcoholic, another a young mother whose husband is brain damaged after a devastating car accident, and another an old woman carefully cleaning her house on Christmas Eve to prepare for her planned holiday suicide. The other two characters are a depressed gas station owner and a disillusioned youth pastor, both of whom are wondering why life is so stultifying and hard. Jenkins is not a lyrical writer, and many of the story's transitions are abrupt and more suitable for a screenplay than a novel. But these are surprisingly genuine characters, and the novel doesn't have a contrived ending. Though the characters discover the hope of Christmas in the ordinary kindnesses they render each other, their difficult circumstances don't change overnight. The simple story, refreshingly devoid of treacle, becomes all the more hopeful because of the characters' earlier despair.
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From the Back Cover
A middle-aged man, jobless and recently evicted.
An old woman estranged from her family. A frustrated youth pastor.
A young mother and son spending their first holiday alone since her husband’s accident.
And a gas station owner forced to work on a holiday.
But hope often comes when least expected. As midnight approaches, these five randomly cross paths, changing each others’ lives forever.
Midnight Clear is a modern-day parable about how seemingly insignificant acts of grace can make a profound difference.
About the Author
Jerry B. Jenkins has written more than twenty New York Times best sellers. He and his wife, Dianna, live in Colorado Springs.
Dallas Jenkins has produced or directed five films and has written dozens of nationally published articles on popular culture. He can be reached directly through www.jenkins-entertainment.com.
Customer Reviews
Hope can come from the strangest of places for some people.
Hope can come from the strangest of places for some people. For six strangers, hope comes from people they don't know - a common first source for the opposite of hope: fear. "Midnight Clear", now a major motion picture, is the tale of five strangers finding hope in one another as destiny brings them together. Even the most insignificant act can make a difference is its moral, and "Midnight Clear" is highly recommended for community library fiction shelves as a fine piece of fiction.
Easy Reading
This book was easy reading and it kept me from not wanting to put the book down. The flow of characters was good.
Love all Jenkins
short and sweet. shows what a small world and a little pass it forward can do.
