Re-Telling The Christmas Story
For those of you who are thinking about an ideal Christmas gift,
especially for book lovers, Jamaican writer, Geoffrey Philp's
Twelve Poems and A Story for Christmas, is available in
bookstores nationwide, online at Powell's, Barnes and Noble,
Amazon.com and many independent book stores..
Twelve Poems and A Story for Christmas explores the meaning of
the holy days through the lives of characters who are as near to
us as our breath, and whose struggles with faith, doubt, and
redemption, are as real as our own.
Emphasizing the humanity of its biblical and contemporary
characters, the poems depict Mary and Joseph as a newlywed
couple on a journey to their ancestral homeland where they are
to be registered in a census decreed by a Roman tyrant. As they
travel through the harsh landscape, they are joined by strangers
who have been summoned by dreams, visions, and supernatural
events to bear witness to a child whose birth they are told is
destined to change the course of human history.
"A Story for Christmas," which is set in Miami, describes the
plight of Raymond Allen, a despairing musician and family man,
who wrestles with his pride that is both the source of his
sorrow and redemption.
"I've always wanted to write a quiet, meditative book," said
Philp, author of Benjamin, My Son, "that would give my friends
(and some strangers) a taste of what I have sometimes
experienced--fleetingly--but nonetheless realized--a moment of
peace. And because I've always believed that a book was/is the
best present I could ever give or receive, it's my permanent
Christmas gift."
Twelve Poems and A Story for Christmas explores the meaning of
the holy days through the lives of characters who are as near to
us as our breath, and whose struggles with faith, doubt, and
redemption, are as real as our own.
Twelve Poems and A Story for Christmas by Geoffrey Philp
Trade Paperback Original: $9.95
ISBN: 978-0-595-36887-7
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Geoffrey Philp is the author of Twelve Poems
and A Story for Christmas and the novel, Benjamin, My Son. His
poems and short stories have appeared in The Oxford Book of
Caribbean Verse and The Oxford Book of Caribbean Short Stories.
Geoffrey Philp, Chairperson of the College Prep Department at
Miami Dade College, is a South Florida resident.
Author website: www.geoffreyphilp.com