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Give a Great Christmas Gift this Year A guide by Gracie Houston ,Romantic Adventuress E-mail this guide to a friend Tangerine Dream Buy new : $14.99 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours The Secret Life of Bees Buy new : $9.22 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Waiting for Teddy Williams Buy new : $16.32 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours See all products So You'd Like to Give a Great Christmas Present this Year Three coming of age stories I've read recently that really moved me are: 'Tangerine Dream' , by Ken Douglas and Jack Stewart; 'The Secret Life of Bees' , by Sue Monk Kidd and 'Waiting for Teddy Williams' , by Howard Frank Mosher. All three stories stole sleep from me and they'll steal it from you, I just know they will if you give them a chance. They are wonderful books that deserve to be on everybody's bookshelf, Christmas and birthday lists. Really, I can't recommend them highly enough. If you're shopping for mom or dad, daughter or son, sister or brother, significant other or a very good friend, you don't need to look any farther than of these divine books for your gift giving this year. So without out further ado here's a brief summery of this outstanding works. The Best Happiest and Saddest Book I've Ever Read 'Tangerine Dream' , by Ken Douglas and Jack Stewart One can look at Tangerine Dream in a couple of ways. It's a coming of age story, not your typical one though, because it involves two Southern California girls, Haley and Taylor, who have an adventure in New Zealand and wind up falling in love with each other. During the course of their adventure, they decide that they want to buy a sailboat and sail away from the pressures their wealthy family's will put on them when they find out they are gay, and the pressures will be plenty, because one of their father's is a United States Senator and he's running for President. And one can view Tangerine Dream as a Mainstream novel along the lines of 'The Horse Whisperer' or 'The Notebook' . It certainly has it's tragic moments when Taylor's twin dies and the burial is guaranteed to elicit tears. And the ending had me weeping like there was no tomorrow. The story has a nice revenge type element to it as well, when the philandering senator gets his comeuppance. And surprisingly this is happy book, despite the tragedy that happens very near the end, despite the weeping, it still manages to make you feel good. I can't recommend this book highly enough, it's the best happiest and saddest book I've ever read. Simply a Divine Story 'The Secret Life of Bees' , by Sue Monk Kidd I was delighted when THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES was selected as book of the month by my book group. I have heard and read so much about this book and had been meaning to pick it up for the longest time. Let me tell you, it was worth the wait! This is a fantastic and charming story that is written with beauty and grace. It was a pleasure to read from start to finish! As many reviewers have mentioned, the story revolves around Lily Owen in the time of the civil rights movement. Lily is a young white teenager who lost her mother at a young age and is being raised for the most part by her black nanny, Rosaleen. One day while trying to register to vote, Rosaleen crosses paths with some of the town's racists and is forced to flee. Lily sees this as her opportunity to start a new life as well, so the two of them head to Tiburon, South Carolina, a town Lily knows of through her only keepsake of her mother. Rosaleen and Lily are taken in by three women beekeepers and Lily begins to start to understand the world in which she is living. Without ruining the story for those who haven't had a chance to read it, I will skip over the rest of the plot of this superb coming of age story and just say that this beautiful book was incredibly touching and moving. It warmed my heart and I look forward to sharing it with friends and family. Funny, Quirky, Delicious Wonderful Baseball Story 'Waiting for Teddy Williams' , by Howard Frank Mosher "Waiting for Teddy Williams" follows the story of Ethan "E.A." Allen who grows up in Kingdom Common, Vermont, the unofficial capitol of the Red Sox Nation, a town with a baseball bat factory, a town where every radio is tuned to every Sox game. E.A. is homeschooled by his single mother, stripper, hooker, escort, wannabe country singer Gypsy Lee Allen, who teaches him much more than the average boy would learn in school. Her lessons also include batting practice. E.A. has two dreams, one to be a Red Sox hero and two, he wants to find his father, who his mother refers to as Mr. Gone and Long Forgotten. Then one day during the summer when he is eight years old, a drifter named Teddy Williams shows up on his family's property and E.A., young man of the house, goes out to shoo the fellow off. But before the drifter leaves, he teaches E.A. a few things about baseball and about life. The drifter will return throughout this humorous story full of quirky characters, always teaching E.A. and yes, the drifter is his dad. And yes, E.A. finally makes it to the majors, playing for the Sox. And yes this coming of age story is about much more than just baseball, but if you are a reader who loves the game, then you're guaranteed to love this book. But you don't have to be a card-carrying baseball fanatic to be captured and captivated by this story. I know, because Mr. Mosher drew me right in and I've never played the game. Here is a list of some more wonderful books that make for wonderful gift giving. You can just skip over the wordy, jumbled together list and go straight down to the thumbnail of the bookcover and click on any of the one's you're interested in and you'll be taken straight to it's page on Amazon. Merry Christmas one and all and happy reading, Gracie 'The Five People You Meet in Heaven' , 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Vintage Contemporaries)' , 'The Kite Runner' , 'Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books' , 'The Time Traveler's Wife (Harvest Book)' , 'Middlesex: A Novel' , 'The Virgin Suicides' , 'Life of Pi' , 'Little Earthquakes' , 'Magical Thinking : True Stories' , 'The Sunday Philosophy Club : An Isabel Dalhousie Mystery' , 'Northern Lights' , 'Guji Guji' , 'The Dogs of Bedlam Farm : An Adventure with Sixteen Sheep, Three Dogs, Two Donkeys, and Me' , 'The Grim Grotto (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 11)' , 'Travel Team' , 'Chronicles, Vol. 1' , 'The Dark Tower (The Dark Tower, Book 7)' , 'The Da Vinci Code' , 'Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell: A Novel' , 'Incubus Dreams (Anita Blake Vampire Hunter)' , 'Angels & Demons' , 'Trace (Kay Scarpetta Mysteries)' , 'Dead Ringer' , 'Sacred Stone (Oregon Files (Paperback))' , 'The System of the World (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 3)' , 'London Bridges (Alex Cross Novel)' , 'Double Homicide: Boston / Sante Fe (2 in 1)' , 'Hour Game' , 'Deception Point' , 'The Golem's Eye (The Bartimaeus Trilogy, Book 2)' , 'Belly Laughs: The Naked Truth About Pregnancy and Childbirth' , 'Night Fall' , 'The Last Juror' , 'Dragon Rider' , 'The Narrows: A Novel' , 'Hidden Prey' , 'Therapy' , 'R is for Ricochet' , 'Ragged Man' , 'Song of Susannah (The Dark Tower, Book 6)' , 'The Complete Cartoons of The New Yorker' , 'On the Wing: To the Edge of the Earth with the Peregrine Falcon;( Rough Cut)' , 'Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation' , 'He's Just Not That Into You: The No-Excuses Truth to Understanding Guys' I know this list seems sort of hodge podgy, because I kind of jumped from genre to genre, but I've tried to enclued something for everyone in the family. I sincerely hope you find something to put under the tree this year. Again, happy reading and all my best, Gracie Products mentioned include: So You'd Like to Give a Great Christmas Present this Year 1. Tangerine Dream by Ken Douglas, Jack Stewart Average Customer Rating: List Price: $14.99 Buy new : $14.99 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Used & new from $9.75 2. The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Kidd Average Customer Rating: List Price: $14.00 Buy new : $9.22 You Save : $4.78(34%) Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Used & new from $3.25 3. Waiting for Teddy Williams by Howard Frank Mosher List Price: $24.00 Buy new : $16.32 You Save : $7.68(32%) Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Used & new from $4.97 The Best Happiest and Saddest Book I've Ever Read 4. Tangerine Dream by Ken Douglas, Jack Stewart Average Customer Rating: List Price: $14.99 Buy new : $14.99 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Used & new from $9.75 5. 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Try our calculator Related Sites Bankrate.com The Basics A practical wedding gift: cash toward a home advertisement If anyone asks what you want for a wedding present, you might try 'cash for a down payment.' Its legal, if you follow the rules, and asking for cash even meets the Emily Post test for politeness. By Bankrate.com June is the busiest month for weddings, and a forest's worth of invitations either already has been mailed or soon will be sent. A lot of couples want money for wedding gifts. A wedding-day cash infusion can make putting a down payment on a home easier. With prices appreciating rapidly in much of the country, lots of couples need all the help they can get. There are formal and informal rules governing gifts of money to help newlyweds buy a house. First, the informal rules: Is it OK to ask one's wedding guests for money? "It's not rude to request money as a wedding gift," says Peggy Post, author of Emily Post's Wedding Etiquette. "However, it's extremely important to ask politely." Peggy Post is Emily's great-granddaughter-in-law, the wedding etiquette expert for WeddingChannel.com and the main spokesman for the Emily Post Institute. She says one of the most common challenges that couples face is how to request money as a wedding gift. Doing so is acceptable, if done politely. If you seek down-payment money, get the word out through family and friends, Post recommends. Just don't include that info in the same envelope as a wedding invitation. "If you are asked point-blank what you would like for a gift, you might say, 'Whatever you choose will be wonderful, I'm sure, but money for a house down payment is on the top of our wish list,'" Post says. It's OK to say what it's for Go ahead and tell people what you want the money for. Who knows? If you let people know that you plan to spend the money on a down payment, rather than on a honeymoon in Tuscany, they might be more willing to open their pocketbooks. Wedding guests who insist on giving you yet another toaster or wicker picnic basket or a set of rosewood corn holders should be thanked anyway, even though they aren't helping you buy a house. "You should always accept any gift graciously, and remember that the choice of what to give really belongs to the gift giver," Post says. With the etiquette question out of the way, that brings up how to get the money from your guests' pockets and into the hands of the folks who eventually sell you their house. It's not simple, because mortgage loan programs have differing rules on the use of gift money in making a down payment. So know the gift rules Generally, you are expected to be able to make a down payment of at least 5% from your savings, excluding gifts. But what if you are too impatient to wait that long? Some mortgage programs allow you to use gift money if you can't scrape together that 5%. Loans insured by the Federal Housing Administration allow you to use money from gifts to make a down payment of as little as 3%. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the two biggest purchasers of home loans, offer similar programs through lenders. Fannie Mae's program is called "Flex 97" and Freddie Mac's is called "Alt 97." If there is a problem with these loan programs, it is that they limit whose money you can use. The FHA, Fannie and Freddie allow you to use money from family members. In the FHA's case, givers have to be members of your "immediate family." It's up to the loan officer to figure out who is family and who is immediate family. What about friends? Can you use gift money from, say, the woman who has been your mother's best friend since kindergarten? Technically, no. The money has to come from family (or from a nonprofit or government agency, but they don't give wedding gifts). It wasn't always this way. In 1996, the FHA encouraged lenders to offer "bridal registry accounts," where couples could stash gifts from friends and family. "Then, when the newlyweds purchase their new home, the money will be available and documented through a lender-supervised account," the FHA said. A few lenders responded enthusiastically, establishing account programs specifically for newlyweds complete with gift cards that could be returned to the bank with a check enclosed. One such lender is SunTrust Mortgage, a subsidiary of SunTrust Banks. Through SunTrust Mortgage, you can open a bridal registry savings or checking account at SunTrust Bank. When a wedding guest makes a deposit, the bank sends a card to the bride and groom to let them know. Ready to find a mortgage? "When they're ready to go ahead and make that first home purchase, they access those funds and we get a mortgage for them -- and we hope they remain a SunTrust banking customer," says Cheryl Nolda, senior vice president of marketing for SunTrust Mortgage. In the last few months, about 500 brochures have been given to prospective couples, Nolda says. The lender usually sees an upsurge in interest in the two months before June and October, which tend to be the busiest months for weddings. Despite their success at SunTrust, bridal registry accounts never really caught on. You can always open a regular old savings or money market account to hold your down payment fund, but you might need to document where the money came from. That's easy enough when the money comes from your paycheck. If some of the money comes from gifts, be prepared to document the source. Encourage gift-givers to give checks from their personal accounts. And don't forget to write those thank-you notes. 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