A Multicultural Christmas: A Novel About Broadening One's Horizons
by Steven Propp
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Author: Steven ProppEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2005-10-31
ISBN: 0595374190
Number of pages: 258
Publisher: iUniverse, Inc.
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Book Review: A Christmas and Holiday Experience for Everyone
Summary: 5 Stars
Fans of Steven Propp's novels have much to celebrate in his new release, Multicultural Christmas. This novel offers something for everyone, no matter what your religious or cultural background may be. Multicutural Christmas embraces and reconciles just about every Holiday tradition imaginable, including those of Christians of all types (e.g. Catholic, Protestant, Jehovah's witnesses, Mormon), Jewish, pagan, Buddhist, African, Moslem, even Sikh. What could be dry, abstract concepts instead become fascinatingly alive by characters who espouse these diverse perspectives and celebrations. Propp accomplishes this seemingly impossible task within the central framework of a single mom, Rosemary St Nichols, who unintentionally sparks a Holiday/Christmas renaissance in the very multicultural River City apartment complex. Through Rosemary's experiences, the reader grows quickly in knowledge and wisdom of how a diverse community can live in harmony and enlightment. For example, the characters ingeniously resolve a conflict about a manger exhibit in front of City Hall. The story is also for readers of all ages, because much of the action and dialogue centers on Rosemary's son Jonathon as well as Mychal, the son of an African-American single mom. Propp fearlessly explores all the emotions, joys and turmoil we experience in our all too often dyfunctional modern families. Yet, in the end, there is surprising redemption and reconciliation in how these seemingly dysfunctional families and individuals function supremely well with harmony and understanding. This visionary novel will provide you with blessings, humor and an abiding hope of peace for the Holiday/Christmas season that will last you all year long. Like all Propp's novels, not only do you enjoy an exciting, absorbing story, you also are entertained on an educational level as you learn about many different cultural traditions at the Holidays. In our increasingly multicultural society, Steven Propp has given us a very timely vision of how these traditions can coexist peacefully. We do need the happy message of hope that this novel paints on its bright, humorous multicultural canvas, lightening the load of our busy, cynical world. It's a must read for anyone interested in Christmas/Holiday traditions - and who isn't? As an added bonus, readers of Propp's earlier novel, Tattered Pilgrims, will be pleased to see the reappearance of many characters. I'm a better person for having read this wholesome novel, and I highly recommend it to everyone.
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