Jesus Speaks Galician

By Olivia Stowe

Immediately on the heels of caring for her terminally ill and troublesome father in England at Christmastime, Penny Stanley receives word that her sister, Millie, estranged from Penny’s dysfunctional family for a decade, is terminally ill and returning to a remote village in the Galician region of northwestern Spain, with no known support other than Penny. Answering the call with considerable trepidation, Penny finds not only Christmas in Galicia but family, as well. This story is both an uplifting inspiration for Christmas reading and a testimonial to the values and welcoming nature of the people of Galicia.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Cyberworld Publishing
• Release date: Dec 10, 2016
• ISBN: 9780995387331

Olivia Stowe

Olivia Stowe is a published author under different names and in other dimensions of fiction and nonfiction and lives quietly in a university town with an indulgent spouse.You can find Olivia at CyberworldPublishing.Our authors like to receive feedback and appreciate reviews being posted at distributor and book review sites.All Olivia’s books, except the “Bundles,” are available in paperback and e-book.Mystery RomanceRestoring the CastleFinal FlightThe Charlotte Diamond mystery seriesBy The Howling (Book 1)Retired with Prejudice (Book 2)Coast to Coast (Book 3)An Inconvenient Death (Book 4)What’s The Point? (Book 5)White Orchid Found (Book 6)Curtain Call (Book 7)Horrid Honeymoon (Book 8)Follow the Palm (Book 9)Fowler’s Folly (Book 10Jesus Speaks Galician (Seasonal Special)Making Room at Christmas (Seasonal Special)Cassandra’s last Spotlight (Seasonal Special)Blessedly Cursed Christmas (Seasonal Special)Charlotte Diamond Mysteries Bundle 1 (Books 1&2)Charlotte Diamond Mysteries Bundle 2 (Books 3&4)Charlotte Diamond Mysteries Bundle 3 (Books 5&6)The Savannah SeriesChatham SquareSavannah TimeOlivia’s Inspirational Christmas collectionsChristmas Seconds (2011)Spirit of Christmas (2010)

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Jesus Speaks Galician

Olivia Stowe

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Jesus Speaks Galician

About the Author

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Jesus Speaks Galician

So that’s why she didn’t come to the funeral—didn’t even acknowledge my letter—Penny thought. She put her forehead to the cold glass in the window overlooking the village street, gazing with a detached vision at the blanket of early December snow, which was covering the street and narrow front garden with a lovely covering of white. But Penny wasn’t fooled. She knew the ugliness and neglect that was hidden below the snow. She knew this would be a bleak Christmas for her, like so many of the others she had gritted her teeth through over the years while others basked in the glow of the season within the bosoms of their families. She let her shoulders sag and loosened her finger hold on the typed letter, letting it flutter to the floor.

She had thought that it was because Millie still carried the resentment of their parents—their father an ever-complaining tyrant and their mother a whiny alcoholic. The estrangement had sent Millie spinning out of England to Spain, where she’d been this last decade