AW Cover Wars: Comfort & Joy by Kristin Hannah
More recently known for her novels Distant Shores, Winter Garden, Firefly Lane, and Night Road Kristin Hannah’s Christmas novel may have flown under your radar. Comfort & Joy was originally released in 2005 by Ballantine Books but is now getting a brand new cover just in time for the holidays. Both look gorgeous in my opinion and certainly have me wishing the holidays were just a little bit closer. But I’d like you to tell me…
Which would you pick up? The original hardcover on the left or the brand new paperback cover on the right.
New York Times bestselling author Kristin Hannah is beloved by readers around the world for her unique blend of powerful emotion and exquisite storytelling. In Comfort & Joy, she offers a modern-day fairy tale-the story of a woman who gets a miraculous chance at happiness.
Joy Candellaro once loved Christmas more than any other time of the year. Now, as the holiday approaches, she is at a crossroads in her life; recently divorced and alone, she can’t summon the old enthusiasm for celebrating. So without telling anyone, she buys a ticket and boards a plane bound for the beautiful Pacific Northwest. When an unexpected detour takes her deep into the woods of the Olympic rainforest, Joy makes a bold decision to leave her ordinary life behind-to just walk away-and thus begins an adventure unlike any she could have imagined.
In the small town of Rain Valley, six-year-old Bobby O’Shea is facing his first Christmas without a mother. Unable to handle the loss, Bobby has closed himself off from the world, talking only to his invisible best friend. His father Daniel is beside himself, desperate to help his son cope. Yet when the little boy meets Joy, these two unlikely souls form a deep and powerful bond. In helping Bobby and Daniel heal, Joy finds herself again.
But not everything is as it seems in quiet Rain Valley, and in an instant, Joy’s world is ripped apart, and her heart is broken. On a magical Christmas Eve, a night of impossible dreams and unexpected chances, Joy must find the courage to believe in a love-and a family-that can’t possibly exist, and go in search of what she wants . . . and the new life only she can find.
The new paperback edition of Comfort & Joy by Kristin Hannah will be released by Ballantine Books in November 2011.
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October 15th, 2011 at 6:02 pm
Wow. Hard to choose. I love them both. The new one is more likely to catch my eye but the older one is so cozy.
October 15th, 2011 at 8:29 pm
The older one looks like the cover of a Martha Stewart magazine/book which maybe helped its sales. I like the new one better though.