02128cam a2200409 i 4500 650801710 TxAuBib 20211221120000.0 200321t20202005||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781984800848 softcover $17.00 1984800841 softcover $17.00 (OCoLC)1145311920 YDX YDX eng eng rda rda YDX rda BDX rda YDX OCLCQ ILC OCLCO OCLCF IH5 INR HQD GK8 OCLCO IFK TXBRI TxAuBib BDX OCLCQ ILC OCLCO OCLCF IH5 INR HQD GK8 OCLCO IFK TXBRI TxAuBib rda Hannah, Kristin, author. Comfort & joy : a fable / Kristin Hannah. Comfort and joy. Ballantine Books Trade Paperback Edition. New York : Ballantine Books, 2020. ©2005. 258 pages ; 20 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "Originally published in hardcover in the United States by Ballantine Books ... in 2005." -- Verso. Joy Candellaro, recently divorced and alone, boards a plane bound for the beautiful Pacific Northwest. When an unexpected detour takes her deep into the woods of the Olympic rainforest, Joy makes a bold decision to leave her ordinary life behind. In the small town of Rain Valley, six-year-old Bobby O'Shea is facing his first Christmas without a mother. Unable to handle the loss he has closed himself off from the world, talking only to his invisible best friend. His father Daniel is desperate to help his son cope. When the little boy meets Joy, the two begin to heal. -- adapted from back cover. 20211221. Imaginary companions Fiction. Absence and presumption of death Fiction. Identity Fiction. Hoh Rain Forest (Wash) Fiction. Washington (State) Fiction. Survival fiction. Fiction. Christmas fiction. Novels. LAKCL