The Christmas train
Baldacci, David2016
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The train is the only option for cash-trapped journalist Tom Langdon to get to Los Angeles for Christmas to be with his girlfriend. Along the way, Tom encounters mechanical failure, derailments and eccentric characters, an avalanche, an unexpected romance and a rekindling of holiday spirits. In equal parts hilarious, poignant, suspenseful and thrilling, The Christmas Train by David Baldacci is a delightful journey filled with memorable characters who have packed their bags with as much wisdom as mischief . . .Disillusioned journalist Tom Langdon must get from Washington to LA in time for Christmas. Forced to take the train across the country because of a slight 'misunderstanding' at airport security, he begins a journey of self-discovery and rude awakenings, mysterious goings-on and thrilling adventures, screwball escapades and holiday magic.He has no idea that the locomotives pulling him across America will actually take him into the rugged terrain of his own heart, where he will rediscover people's essential goodness and someone very special he believed he had lost.The Christmas Train Hallmark Hall of Fame movie starred Dermot Mulroney, Danny Glover, Joan Cusack and Kimberly Williams-Paisley.
Main title:
The Christmas train / David Baldacci.
Author:
Baldacci, David, author
Imprint:
London : Pan Books, 2016.
Collation:
260 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: New York: Warner Books, 2002.
ISBN:
9781509821686 (pbk)
Dewey class:
813.6
LC class:
PS3552.A446
Language:
English
Subject:
Journalists -- United States -- FictionRailroad travel -- United States -- FictionChristmas storiesGeneral FictionModern & contemporary fictionThriller / suspense fictionChristmasCrime & mystery fictionAdult & contemporary romanceFiction: general & literaryRomanceHolidays, events & seasonal interest
BRN:
1154062
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