{"product_id":"spirit-of-the-village-9798256295714","title":"Spirit Of The Village","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat if the Christmas village in your home were real?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor more than thirty years, the Tisdale family has built their Christmas village one piece at a time. A library became a bakery. A bakery became a street. New houses appeared as the family grew, until an entire town covered the table each Christmas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo Mitch and Celina Tisdale, it was more than a holiday decoration. It was the story of their marriage, their six children, and a lifetime built together.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen Mitch dies unexpectedly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Celina and her children struggle with the empty place he left behind, ten-year-old Oliver turns to the one thing that still feels connected to his father: their Christmas village.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut something has changed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA mysterious green book appears among his father's things. The village lights seem different. Tiny details are no longer where Oliver remembers them. And when he begins looking closer, he discovers something impossible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Tisdales may not have spent thirty years simply building a Christmas tradition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey may have been building a world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd that world is in trouble.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Christmas Eve approaches, Oliver discovers just how deeply his family is connected to the village and how much is at stake. The world his parents spent a lifetime creating is beginning to fall apart, and saving it will require more than Oliver can give on his own. Somehow, he must bring his grieving family together before they lose something none of them ever knew they had.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause if a lifetime of love can create a world, what happens to that world when one half of that love is gone?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLove built a world. Grief could destroy it.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-15906362\"\u003eMichael Trowbridge\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mtrowbridge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.08lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.76d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798256295714\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC009010\"\u003eFantasy | Contemporary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC045000\"\u003eFamily Life | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC058000\"\u003eHolidays\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Mtrowbridge","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55687900430635,"sku":"9798256295714","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0884\/7966\/2379\/files\/9798256295714.jpg?v=1790358431","url":"https:\/\/www.txcorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/spirit-of-the-village-9798256295714","provider":"TX CorrectionsBookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}