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The Candle In The Window
Paperback
Publisher Price: $11.99
ISBN13: 9781065448921
Publisher: Francis Fox
Published: Oct 15 2026
Pages: 210
Weight: 0.63
Height: 0.48 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Pull up a chair by the fire, for this is a story to be told on a winter's night.
It's Christmas Eve, and the tall Christmas candle burns in the window, just as it has every year. On the mantelpiece sits an old stub that the three boys have never seen lit. Tonight, their grandfather is finally going to tell them why.
The story takes them back to the winter of 1846, when the Great Famine is devastating Ireland. In County Mayo, nine-year-old Joseph Walsh and his mother Máire are turned out of their cabin, with nowhere to go but the workhouse at Kilbrack. But as they arrive at its gates, a stern porter separates them, leaving Joseph alone in a place far removed from home.
Over three Christmases behind those grey walls, Joseph discovers friendship, kindness and hope in the most unexpected places. Yet, through all the hardship, one thing keeps him going: the hope that he will see his mother again.
And it is here that the mystery of the old white candle begins to unfold, revealing the meaning behind one of Ireland's oldest Christmas traditions - a candle in the window, a sign that no one should be turned away when they need a place to call home.
Told in the spirit of Charles Dickens, this is a moving Irish Christmas story of family, separation and the kindness of strangers. A tale to warm your heart, and one to share with all the family this Christmas.
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