Zanna’s Gift: A Life in Christmases Audiobook, by Orson Scott Card Play Audiobook Sample

Zanna’s Gift: A Life in Christmases Audiobook

Zanna’s Gift: A Life in Christmases Audiobook, by Orson Scott Card Play Audiobook Sample
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Read By: Emily Janice Card, Stefan Rudnicki Publisher: Blackstone Publishing Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 1.50 hours at 1.5x Speed 1.13 hours at 2.0x Speed Release Date: December 2008 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9781481539999

Quick Stats About this Audiobook

Total Audiobook Chapters:

13

Longest Chapter Length:

20:27 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

04:35 minutes

Average Chapter Length:

10:23 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

75

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Publisher Description

From the pen of a masterful storyteller comes a touching and inspirational story of love, loss, and the true meaning of Christmas that will take its place beside Richard Paul Evans’ Christmas Box trilogy as a timeless classic that will be passed from generation to generation.

When the Pullman family lost their eldest son, Ernie, to an unexpected illness just before Christmas, 1938, it was devastating to all of them, but especially to young Suzanna, their four-year-old daughter, who shared a special bond with her big brother. A strangely gifted child, Zanna loved to draw, but Ernie was the only one who was able to see the pictures in the curious patterns she made. Sadly, he did not live to see the Christmas drawing she had made for him that year.

This is the story of that gift and how it inspired her and her whole family, generation to generation, to keep alive the spirit of imagination, hope, and love for Christmases to come.

Zanna grew up to be a famous artist, but in the hearts of her children and grandchildren, her nieces and nephews, that last painting she made for her big brother was truly her most important work. Christmas after Christmas, as the long decades pass up to the present day, the author allows us to share in the warmth of a family bound together by the transcendent miracle of love. Zanna’s life, told in Christmases, will inspire you to keep alive your own family traditions, to share those loving moments with your children and grandchildren for years to come.

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“In the tradition of Richard Paul Evans’ The Christmas Box and The Locket, Richards’ sure-to-be-classic tale is highly recommended for the Christmas season and all year round.”

— Library Journal 

Quotes

  • “Zanna’s Gift is a Christmas message for our time: a wise and poignant tale of love and faith.”

    — Sharyn McCrumb, New York Times bestselling author

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About Orson Scott Card

Orson Scott Card, the author of the New York Times bestseller Ender’s Game, has won several Hugo and Nebula awards for his works of speculative fiction. His Ender novels are widely read by adults and younger readers and are increasingly used in schools. Besides these and other science fiction novels, Card writes contemporary fantasy, American-frontier fantasy, biblical novels, poetry, plays, and scripts.

About the Narrators

Emily Rankin is an audio narrator and winner of two AudioFile Earphones Awards.

Stefan Rudnicki first became involved with audiobooks in 1994. Now a Grammy-winning audiobook producer, he has worked on more than five thousand audiobooks as a narrator, writer, producer, or director. He has narrated more than nine hundred audiobooks. A recipient of multiple AudioFile Earphones Awards, he was presented the coveted Audie Award for solo narration in 2005, 2007, and 2014, and was named one of AudioFile’s Golden Voices in 2012.