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    Call Me Mrs. Miracle
    Call Me Mrs. Miracle
    Call Me Mrs. Miracle
    Audiobook4 hours

    Call Me Mrs. Miracle

    Written by Debbie Macomber

    Narrated by Jennifer Van Dyck

    4.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    This Christmas, Emily Merkle (call her Mrs. Miracle!) is working in the toy department at Finley’s, the last family-owned department store in New York City. And her boss is none other than…Jake Finley, the owner’s son.

    For Jake, holiday memories of brightly wrapped gifts, decorated trees and family were destroyed in a Christmas Eve tragedy years before. Now Christmas means just one thing to him—and to his father. Profit. Because they need a Christmas miracle to keep the business afloat.

    Holly Larson needs a miracle, too. She wants to give her eight-year-old nephew, Gabe, the holiday he deserves. Holly’s widowed brother is in the army and won’t be home for Christmas, but at least she can get Gabe that toy robot from Finley’s, the one gift he desperately wants. If she can figure out how to afford it….

    Fortunately, it’s Mrs. Miracle to the rescue. Next to making children happy, she likes nothing better than helping others—and that includes doing a bit of matchmaking!

    This Christmas will be different. For all of them.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateSep 28, 2010
    ISBN9781441805850
    Call Me Mrs. Miracle
    Author

    Debbie Macomber

    SPIEGEL-Bestsellerautorin Debbie Macomber hat weltweit mehr als 200 Millionen Bücher verkauft. Sie ist die internationale Sprecherin der World-Vision-Wohltätigkeitsinitiative Knit for Kids. Gemeinsam mit ihrem Ehemann Wayne lebt sie inmitten ihrer Kinder und Enkelkinder in Port Orchard im Bundesstaat Washington, der Stadt, die sie zu ihrer Cedar Cove-Serie inspiriert hat.

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    • 4/5
      This book was a very easy reading book. I really enjoyed reading it. I like the characters and the plot of the book.
    • 5/5
      A great read for the Christmas season! Since this is a short book, things seem to happen rather quickly. Fortunately, that doesn't take away from the meaning of the story. The characters are dealing with a number of problems: running a business in a slow economy, the pressures of Christmas gift giving, and spending the holidays without close relatives (for various reasons)...just to name a few. This made it easier to find a character to relate to.Even though the story is somewhat predictable, I found myself tearing up at the end. The spirit of the season is felt in the kind and loving heart of Mrs. Miracle. This is a heartwarming story in a world where it sometimes seems impossible to find solutions to the problems we are all facing. It makes me hope I have a special angel out there looking over me!
    • 1/5
      I put a hold on this in Overdrive while I was in the mood to read Christmas books. And it was after I'd watched it on television over Thanksgiving. The best thing I can say about it was that it was a quick read.The television movie was better.The movie changed some key details. For the curious, instead of the male lead being all 'we shouldn't get the Intellytron robot' and being vindicated when it's recalled, the male lead in the book is all 'I bought us 500 Intellytrons against the advice of our buyer' and is vindicated when it's the hot toy of the season. The movie version is more 'wholesome' of course, right? Return to traditional values, when train sets were the epitome of ultracool. Or something.The book is.. how can people read this stuff on an regular basis? Every single word or action is explained in the prose. A character can't say hi without Macomber telling us why he said hi. She has absolutely no faith in the reader being able to figure out what her characters think and why they do and say the things they do. This is even taken to the extreme of repetition. Just in case we ever FORGET that the male lead and his dad don't celebrate Christmas because wife/mother and daughter/sister were killed in a car accident on Christmas decades ago.The only obstacle to the romance in the story seems to be that he's rich and she's not. Cliche, much? They don't even seem to resolve it particularly. She just sort of has to get over the fact that he's rich and is a nice guy, akshully.I can't like Mrs. Miracle either. Whatever she is. I'm still guessing she's an angel. The movie and the book never make that particularly clear. She's a busybody and knowitall. And nobody finds this at all annoying or creepy. Old ladies can get away with anything, apparently.And I cannot end the review without mentioning the recipes! Random, much? Who the heck needs a sugar cookie recipe? And if you did need one, why would you turn to the middle of a fiction book to find one? Or are you reading along and are like.. 'oo, sugar cookies. Awesome idea. I wish I had a recipe!' Even more random, there's a recipe for fried chicken. Because she couldn't afford turkey?! Umm...No idea why the female lead is so poor. She has a fulltime job and she's caring for her brother's kid, while he's over in Afghanistan. I know soldiers aren't paid much, but he has no expenses! Surely a two-income family can support two people. Granted they're living in NYC, but still..And if she is so poor, then I can't understand her motivation for wanting to buy the kid a 300$ robot that he's just going to tire of or break within a month. He's like.. 8. Oh, speaking of, the kid acts younger than 8. Or was it 9? He seemed too young to me.Oh! And the gender stuff. Kid's all.. I don't want to make cookies, that's girl stuff. I don't want to put the seat down on the toilet, it's so weird living with a girl. And.. something else. And the only one who says anything about his stupid gender ideas is Mrs. Miracle, who points out that men cook and he should watch the Food Network. Why couldn't his aunt point this out at the time he said it?Finally, there are quotes at the start of each chapter. Some of them I thought were kind of amusing. But then they got.... bizarre. And downright creepy.'Be ye fishers of men. You catch 'em and God'll clean 'em. --- Mrs. Miracle'"Think about that for just one second.Yea. Um. Will not be running out to read any more Macombers, I shall tell you that.
    • 3/5
      If you love stories about the Christmas season, you will certainly enjoy this book. It has all the standard elements of a modern Christmas story. A small child, Gabe has had a family trauma. His widowed father has been sent on a tour of duty to Afghanistan, just prior to the holidays. Gabe, staying with his aunt Holly,looks forward to Christmas and a special toy, to brighten his life. Two adults, Holly and Jake Finley, the heir to the Finley department store, meet unexpectedly and instantly are enamored with each other, finding the solutions to their life's problems in each others arms. Jake's father, J. R. Finley, who has given up on Christmas because of a personal tragedy, finds solace in his son's new found love and the renewal of his observance of Christmas. A kindly sprite of a woman, Mrs. Miracle, mysteriously brings all the parties together for a renewal of love and faith in the Christmas spirit. There are no surprises here, but it is an enjoyable tale that will no doubt be made into a heart warming holiday movie.
    • 5/5
      Once again, Debbie Macomber delivers in this delightful Christmas tale that takes us back to what it was like as a child and the deep longing for that really special Christmas gift.Gabe’s mom had passed away years ago. His dad, Mickey, was doing his best raising him with some help from his parents. However, after the devastating earthquake in Haiti, his parents decided that their retirement would be best spent volunteering over there. Then unexpectedly, Mickey’s national guard unit was called back to Afghanistan. Mickey had no one else, so he asked his sister, Holly, to watch over Gabe while he was gone. Holly knew next to nothing when it came to children. Her ex-boyfriend Bill’s words kept echoing through her head about how she was not mother material. This made her panic. Jake Finley has never been able to live up to his father’s expectations of him. His father had hardened his heart after his mom and sister died on Christmas Eve, 21 years ago. So when Jake went against the store’s buyer and ordered 500 of the Intellytron Robots, he already expected his dad’s fury. With stress and hurt at an all time high, Mrs. Miracle steps in as a holiday employee at Finley’s department store. From there a tale of wonder is spun and needs to be read to truly be cherished. I heard that they made this one into a movie for the Hallmark Channel. I wanted to make sure that I read it before watching it. Now I can’t wait to see the movie. I am sure that its going to be as great as the book.
    • 4/5
      It’s Christmastime in New York City. Mrs. Miracle aka Emily Merkle is spending the holiday season working in the toy department at Finlay’s department store. Jake Finlay has went against the store buyer’s suggestion of ordering 500 Intellytrons. J.R. Finlay, Jake’s father and store owner, is not convinced his son made the right decision and questions whether his son will be able to run the store when he retires.Meanwhile, Holly is looking after her nephew Gabe when her brother is called to return to Afghanistan. It hasn’t been a smooth transition for either of them as both are sadden that Mickey will not be with them for Christmas.A chance meeting at a coffee shop brings these two stories together. With Mrs. Miracle’s help, Jake and his father, along with Holly and Gabe will have their best Christmas yet.
    • 4/5
      Call Me Mrs Miracle, by Debbie Macomber, is the second Mrs. Miracle book. It's a sweet, predictable story but I did find that I enjoyed it more than expected. The story centers on Holly, a woman struggling to stay afloat in bad economic times. She recently took custody of her eight-year-old nephew, Gabe. Holly's brother Mickey has been deployed to Afghanistan and Gabe has nowhere else to go. Holly meets Jake Finley, son of the head of Finley's Department Store. Jake and Holly have a very instant attraction and with a little help from one of Jake's employee's, Mrs. Miracle, they grow close. As in the book Mrs. Miracle, several characters come together for a nice happy ending, despite a bit of drama. I'm not always a huge fan of sticky sweet books but I'm trying to embrace them this December! While I think the whole story was rushed and that the so-called drama, really was anti-climatic, I was happy with the end. I'm sure Mrs. Miracle will be back next Christmas with another family to help.
    • 5/5
      When Holly Larson’s widowed brother is called up by the National Guard and sent to Afghanistan, she quickly agrees to let his eight year old son Gabe live with her. Money is tight but she is saving every bit she can to get Gabe the toy robot he so badly wants. She loves Christmas, unlike Jake Finley and his father, owner of Finley’s Department Store, who no longer celebrate Christmas after a tragedy. When Holly and Jake meet sparks fly – but Holly and Jake still need a miracle – Mrs. Miracle that is.“Call Me Mrs. Miracle” is a sequel to Debbie Macomber’s “Mrs. Miracle” and is an even more delightful read than the original. I was a little bit nervous about reading it because Macomber wrote it knowing it was going to be a movie and the producers wanted “the story to be the same…only different”, but Macomber was up to the challenge and has come up with a book that is perfect for the holiday season and is bound to keep readers smiling. (Yes, there was some sadness in Jake’s background story but even that has a “happy” ending.) Macomber’s decision to have Finley’s Department Store be located on 34th Street is an inspired one that adds a lot of charm to the story. The romance between Holly and Jake is very sweet, very cute, and just a bit magical. Gabe is a typical Macomber child – very good, although not above getting in a little bit of trouble (not on purpose) who is adjusting to the death of his mother and his father being away. Mrs. Miracle is one of my all time favorite Macomber characters (who now sounds just like Doris Roberts in my head) and it was nice to read another book about her – I’m crossing my fingers it becomes an annual tradition, much like the Cedar Cove books, to have a Mrs. Miracle book to read at Christmas (and maybe her friends Shirley, Goodness and Mercy could visit her). As an added bonus for her fans, Macomber includes some recipes from Debbie Macomber’s Cedar Cove Cookbook (the fried chicken recipe sounds yummy).“Call Me Mrs. Miracle” is another cute book by Debbie Macomber.
    • 5/5
      I may be one of the last people on the planet to have not heard of the author Debbie Macomber before reading this book. She’s written a lot of bestseller books and I can see why. While this isn’t usually the type of book I would read (I lean towards a lot of paranormal books), I thought I would give it a go as the storyline was appealing to me and I’m happy I did so.The story is uplifting overall, even though there were a couple of scenes that had my eyes watering. The characters within the book are all written so well that they seem like people I know personally. All of the locations used within the story are described just enough that I can imagine them as places I’ve already been and already know as well. The writing style had me flying through the book, not wanting to put it down, and not realizing the time that went by as I was reading.It’s a perfect holiday story, so perfect in fact that Hallmark is making a movie out of it. Apparently there was another book previous to this one called Mrs. Miracle that was also made into a movie. Call Me Mrs. Miracle is set to air on November 27, 2010 and I plan on watching it since I enjoyed the book so much. (I’m hoping that they will be replaying Mrs. Miracle as well as I am sure I will enjoy it as well.)
    • 4/5
      Emily Merkle (everyone calls her Mrs. Miracle) is on a mission to bring the best Christmas ever to several people who need a miracle. Holly is raising her nephew Gabe since Gabe's mother died and Gabe's father is in Afghanistan. Jake and his father don't celebrate Christmas since Jake's mother and sister were killed on a Christmas eve years ago. For Christmas, Gabe wants a Intellytron (the season's hot toy), a toy train, and his secret wish - his father home for the holiday. Mrs. has her work cut out for her! For a light, Christmas read, this one is sure to please.
    • 5/5
      Christmas season is rolling along while Jake Finley is struggling as always with the holiday season. Functioning only in a business capacity, he and his father JR disagree over the amount of one particular toy Jake orders for their family owned department store. The Intellytron Robot costs a lot of money and JR is concerned it wont sell by Christmas while Jake believes in his decision. Wanting most of all for his father to come home from the war, Gabe’s second choice is the expensive Intellytron (Telly) which his Aunt Holly will do anything she can to get for him. A chance meeting or designed by Mrs. Emily Merkle (known as Mrs. Miracle), Jake and Holly find that they each seem to need something that the other has to offer.Christmas wishes and dreams of not only a small child who is missing his father, but for so many others that can be affected by gentle persuasion and chance encounters. As always, Debbie Macomber has put together and emotional, realistic and fun story about the season of giving. It was a quick read and worth every minute. I would recommend this book to anyone and everyone, of course I would recommend nearly every Debbie Macomber book that I have read to anyone, she is still one of my favorite authors. What a great Christmas special this will make. I enjoyed the first Mrs. Miracle book and then the movie with Doris Roberts, and now they are collaborating again to bring this one to the Hallmark Channel (November 27, 2010).
    • 5/5
      Everything made it great! The buildup of the storyline to the characters and their personalities made this story so good. It’s wholesome and includes God too. I will definitely continue reading miss Debbie Macomber’s books.