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    The Locket: A Novel
    The Locket: A Novel
    The Locket: A Novel
    Audiobook (abridged)2 hours

    The Locket: A Novel

    Written by Richard Paul Evans

    Narrated by Richard Thomas

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    About this audiobook

    After the death of his mother, Michael Keddington finds employment at the Arcadia nursing home where he befriends Esther, a reclusive but beautiful elderly woman who lives in mourning for her youth and lost love.
    Michael faces his own challenges when he loses his greatest love, Faye. When Michael is falsely accused of abusing one of the Arcadia's residents, he learns important lessons about faith and forgiveness from Ester -- and her gift to him of a locket, once symbolic of one person's missed opportuninites, becomes another's second chance.
    Richard Paul Evans, author of the beloved #1 bestselling classic The Christmas Box, begins a wonderful new series with this stunning New York Times bestseller -- a bittersweet reminder of life's most precious gifts....
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSimon & Schuster Audio
    Release dateOct 1, 1998
    ISBN9780743549721
    The Locket: A Novel
    Author

    Richard Paul Evans

    Richard Paul Evans is the #1 New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author of more than forty novels. There are currently more than thirty-five million copies of his books in print worldwide, translated into more than twenty-four languages. Richard is the recipient of numerous awards, including two first place Storytelling World Awards, the Romantic Times Best Women’s Novel of the Year Award, and five Religion Communicators Council’s Wilbur Awards. Seven of Richard’s books have been produced as television movies. His first feature film, The Noel Diary, starring Justin Hartley (This Is Us) and acclaimed film director, Charles Shyer (Private Benjamin, Father of the Bride), premiered in 2022. In 2011 Richard began writing Michael Vey, a #1 New York Times bestselling young adult series which has won more than a dozen awards. Richard is the founder of The Christmas Box International, an organization devoted to maintaining emergency children’s shelters and providing services and resources for abused, neglected, or homeless children and young adults. To date, more than 125,000 youths have been helped by the charity. For his humanitarian work, Richard has received the Washington Times Humanitarian of the Century Award and the Volunteers of America National Empathy Award. Richard lives in Salt Lake City, Utah, with his wife, Keri, and their five children and two grandchildren. You can learn more about Richard on his website RichardPaulEvans.com.

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    • 5/5
      This book is about all that encompasses love and faith. I highly recommend it, my only regret is that it isn’t longer.
    • 4/5
      The Locket by Richard Paul EvansHave read other works by the author and have enjoyed them.This one starts out with Ester and she's just come to the mining town, and chapters advance to 1989 where she lives in a nursing home.Story also follows the boy, Michael who takes a job at a nursing home after losing his mother.He has a girlfriend Faye who's attending college and she cooks for him often. Her father talks to him and he needs to break away from her or she'll never get any money or endorsements from him for her education.Story also follows Ester and her life at the mining camp where she cooks and raising her mental child. Interesting about the locket and the connections through the years...Circumstances arise and he's up on charges of a man's death in the nursing home. He knows he's being framed...Powerful touching stories. I received this book from National Library Service for my BARD (Braille Audio Reading Device).
    • 5/5
      love this book and love to read richad evans books
    • 5/5
      This book is excellent! It's one of those books you don't want to put down.
    • 5/5
      Beautiful story. Very well written. Easy read.
    • 1/5
      Fiction lite. Nothing about it grabbed my interest, and I put it down without finishing it. I like my books with a little more "bite" to them.
    • 5/5
      A sweet love story that made me cry and smile. If you like sappy love stories--this is for you.