02453cam a2200421 i 4500 514374409 TxAuBib 20210930120000.0 210603s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2021026646 9781250279316 HRD 19.99 1250279313 HRD 19.99 (OCoLC)1232148221 TxAuBib rda Andrews, Mary Kay, 1954- The Santa suit / Mary Kay Andrews. First edition. New York, NY : St. Martin's Press, an imprint of St. Martin's Publishing Group, 2021. ©2021. 210 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "A novel"--Jacket. "A novella celebrating the magic of Christmas and second chances ... The newly-divorced Ivy Perkins buys an old farmhouse sight unseen, she is definitely looking for a change in her life. The Four Roses, as the farmhouse is called, is a labor of love--but Ivy didn't bargain on just how much labor. The previous family left so much furniture and so much junk, that it's a full-time job sorting through all of it. At the top of a closet, Ivy finds an old Santa suit--beautifully made and decades old. In the pocket of a suit she finds a note written in a childish hand: it's from a little girl who has one Christmas wish, and that is for her father to return home from the war. This discovery sets Ivy off on a mission. Who wrote the note? Did the man ever come home? What mysteries did the Rose family hold? Ivy's quest brings her into the community, at a time when all she wanted to do was be left alone and nurse her wounds. But the magic of Christmas makes miracles happen, and Ivy just might find more than she ever thought possible: a welcoming town, a family reunited, a mystery solved, and a second chance at love"-- Provided by publisher. 20211004. jz. Divorced women Fiction. Moving, Household Fiction. Man-woman relationships Fiction. Family secrets Fiction. Letters Fiction. Small cities Fiction. Community life Fiction. Christmas stories. Christmas fiction. Novellas.