An American Noel

By Marianna Boncek

Charlie Reardon is a down-and-out bum looking for some returnables and a warm place to sleep on a snowy, Christmas night. Instead, with the help of his on-again-off-again angel, Gabriel, Charlie finds a baby in an alley. Does the baby offer some type of redemption?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Melange Books, LLC
• Release date: Nov 14, 2013
• ISBN: 9781005160746

Marianna Boncek

Marianna Boncek is an English teacher, author, and poet. She grew up in the Sullivan County Catskills and is a recent transplant to the Hudson Valley. She has a particularly keen interest in “lost” local history. Her two books Gone Missing in New York and The Spooky Hudson Valley were published by Schiffer Publications. Her poems have appeared in The Waywanda Review, The River Reporter, Home Planet News and Lifeblood. She is a member of the Goat Hill poets.

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An American Noel

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To Liz and Rachel, my two luminaries

and to Dave, who believes in me always

AN AMERICAN NOEL

MARIANNA BONCEK

Charlie Reardon is a down-and-out bum looking for some returnables and a warm place to sleep on a snowy, Christmas night. Instead, with the help of his on-again-off-again angel, Gabriel, Charlie finds a baby in an alley. Does the baby offer some type of redemption?

An American Noel

Marianna Boncek

Charlie Reardon left the diner and made his way down Madison Street. There was a waitress there, a thin girl with kind eyes, who always served him a sandwich and a coffee, no charge. He didn’t take advantage of it too often in fear her boss would find out and fire her.