THE GREAT CHRISTMAS BOWL



I love love love this book!


Trout, football, and soup come together in a great story about one mom's quest for the perfect holiday. More than once I laughed--probably because I could SO identify with the heroine. Somehow I know this would be me, had I a son playing football. Then, I must admit I shed a tear at the end. There's something so warm and homey about a Susan May Warren book, and I hope you enjoy this one as much as I did.



About The Great Christmas Bowl:Marianne Wallace is focused on two things this holiday season:planning the greatest family Christmas ever and cheering on heryoungest son’s team in their bid for the state championship.Disaster strikes when the team loses their mascot-the Trout. Is itgoing too far to ask her to don the costume? So what if her husbandhas also volunteered her to organize the church Christmas tea.When football playoffs start ramping up, the Christmas tea startsfalling apart. Then, one by one her children tell her they can’t comehome for Christmas.As life starts to unravel, will Marianne remember the true meaning ofthe holidays?


About Susan:
Susan May Warren is the RITA award-winning author of twenty-fournovels with Tyndale, Barbour and Steeple Hill. A four-time Christyaward finalist, a two-time RITA Finalist, she’s also a multi-winner ofthe Inspirational Readers Choice award, and the ACFW Book of the Year.Her larger than life characters and layered plots have won her acclaimwith readers and reviewers alike. A seasoned women’s events andretreats speaker, she’s a popular writing teacher at conferencesaround the nation and the author of the beginning writer’s workbook:From the Inside-Out: discover, create and publish the novel in you!.She is also the founder of http://www.mybooktherapy.com/, a story-craftingservice that helps authors discover their voice. Susan makes her homein northern Minnesota, where she is busy cheering on her two sons infootball, and her daughter in local theater productions (anddesperately missing her college-age son!) A full listing of hertitles, reviews and awards can be found at: http://www.susanmaywarren.com/


Link to Buy the Book:http://www.christianbook.com/great-christmas-bowl-susan-warren/9781414326788/pd/326788?event=AFFp=&
The Great Christmas Bowl website: http://thegreatchristmasbowl.blogspot.com/The website features a note from the author, fun updates from Big LakeGazette, info on how to host your own Great Christmas Bowl Tea tobenefit a local ministry or charity and a fun Recipe Exchange contest!

CONTEST: Be a part of the Great Christmas Bowl recipe exchange!Susan loves getting recipes from friends, and sharing the deliciouscookies, soups, breads and other fun fixings that go with celebratingthe Christmas season. More than that, she loves the crazy storiesabout favorite Christmases – serious, touching, funny…whatever. Findthe recipe contest here:http://thegreatchristmasbowl.blogspot.com/2009/07/recipe-exchange.html
Will you share your story and recipe with Susan and the readers of theGreat Christmas Bowl? She will post your story and recipe on the FRONTPAGE of the Great Christmas Bowl website, and send you a link when itgoes up so you can tell all your friends. Then, at the Great ChristmasBowl party (December 5th, 10am, online! Details TBA) she’ll make theentire cookbook available for download!
For every recipe/story you submit (up to 3), you will be entered in adrawing to receive one of SMW’s collections (Noble Legacy, Team Hope,Heirs of Anton, Deep Haven Series, Josey series, or THE ADVANCED COPYof Sons of Thunder – Susie’s brand new epic World War 2 novel, due outin January 2010!)

Go – run, get your recipe, then come back here and click on the linkbelow to share your Christmas memories!