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    Tin Can Serenade
    Tin Can Serenade
    Tin Can Serenade
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    Tin Can Serenade

    By Amanda Dykes

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    Two homes in the mountains
    Snowed in for winter’s keep;
    A river in between them,
    A rope tight o’er the deep.

    A mother and her daughter,
    A father and his son,
    A cottage and a cabin,
    A story yet unspun

    But time did freeze a tin can
    Dangling from that rope
    A messenger from days gone by,
    Echoing long lost hope.

    Until a cold November day
    Saw decades fall away;
    Young hands inscribed a folded scrap,
    A missive sent to say...
    _________________

    So begins the plucky correspondence of Timothy and Genevieve, two children about to uncover a story long-buried... one filled with love, with loss, and with hope. An enchanting Christmas story laced with joy, God's healing hand in the broken places of life weaves through each letter passed over the river in that tin-can strung from the rusted pulley.

    Enter into a simpler time in this petite tale, written to be just long enough to tuck into a stolen moment as you rest your feet and quiet your heart in the bustle of a busy season.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAmanda Dykes
    Release dateJul 17, 2015
    ISBN9781310395147
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      A sweet epistolary tale! All the feels! It’s short but packs a punch.

      I did feel that the ending came a little abruptly. I thought I somehow skipped ahead.

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    Tin Can Serenade - Amanda Dykes

    Tin Can Serenade

    By Amanda Dykes

    © 2013, 2015 Amanda Dykes

    All rights reserved. This book or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the author except for the use of brief quotations.

    For permission requests or other inquiries, contact the author at www.AmandaDykes.com

    Scriptures quoted from The Holy Bible, King James Version, public domain.

    Transmitted from the United States of America.

    Author is represented by Wendy Lawton of Books and Such Literary Management.

    This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.

    Second edition.

    To the readers who so graciously shared their own cherished Christmas memories,

    planting the seeds of this tale:

    may you find wisps and snippets of your own stories,

    folded with care into this one.

    Two homes in the mountains

    Snowed in for winter’s keep;

    A river in between them,

    A rope tight o’er the deep.

    A mother and her daughter,

    A father and his son,

    A cottage and a cabin,

    A story yet unspun

    But time did freeze a tin can

    Dangling from that rope

    A messenger from days gone by,

    Echoing long lost hope.

    Until a cold November day

    Saw decades fall away;

    Young hands inscribed a folded scrap,

    A missive sent to say…

    ______________

    Are you the girl that got my boat?

    ______________

    Greetings, new neighbor! What joy to find your note in the tin can!

    Do you mean the river-faring vessel that moored beneath our dock?

    Many Warm Salutations,

    Genevieve Hartfield

    ______________

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