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SLEEPING BEARS A Modern Christmas Carol By Dennis Foley

JACK DOYLE is running out of time. A proud Irishman with a lifetime of secrets tucked just beneath the surface, Jack has spent years holding his family together the only way he knows how—by keeping the past buried. But as Christmas approaches and his health fades, the truth he’s kept hidden from his children threatens to outlive him.

His 29-year-old daughter, Finnleigh, an artist with a sharp tongue and a restless spirit, has spent her life navigating the silence surrounding her mother's disappearance. As Jack shares bits and pieces of secrets from the past, Finleigh pushes forward in her search for answers, leaving Jack to deal with the spirits in this deeply human reimagining of Charles Dickens’ holiday classic.

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“In Sleeping Bears, Dennis Foley has written a superb recasting of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. Largely set in Chicago’s working-class Canaryville neighborhood, none other than the ghost of Mayor Richard J. Daley drops in for a visit on Jack Doyle to prepare Doyle for his impending guided journey into the spirit world. There’s no time to waste and much to be put to rest during Doyle’s last shot attempt at making amends to his scarred and miraculously still loving family. Told with unabashed sentiment and hard-edged dialogue that will have readers careening between laughter and sorrow, this page-turner of a novel delivers right up to its very last word.” --Shawn Shiflett, author Hidden Place and Hey, Liberal!

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