Product Description
This digital document is an article from Actual, published by Editorial Contenido, S.A. de C.V. on December 1, 2009. The length of the article is 912 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

Citation Details
Title: A festejar la Navidad.(pelîculas, discos, y vîdeos)
Author: Elba Albor Amador
Publication: Actual (Magazine/Journal)
Date: December 1, 2009
Publisher: Editorial Contenido, S.A. de C.V.
Volume: 15Issue: 195Page: 86(4)

Distributed by Gale, a part of Cengage Learning ... Read more

Product Description
The Joneses are discovering just how hard love can be in this contemporary romance about four African-American siblings in Los Angeles. Leah is a hopeful romantic on a frustrating search for a Christian husband. Her life is a revolving door of men at odds with her celibacy and failed set-ups by her sister. A sports injury brings Dr. Gavin McNaster into her life. Her safe haven of a man treats her like gold and respects her beliefs. As Leah surrenders her heart, and Gavin drags his feet on proposing, she panics inside, wondering if this is really forever or if the alter has once again alluded her. Steve is a charming, self-absorbed attorney living the high life and dodging commitment. He falls for the beautiful and feisty Joanna Chiacchi, an independent, White woman not looking to get married. Steve appreciates Joanna and his freedom, until he begins to question his feelings for his son s mother, Teri Crawford, who left him after he refused to marry her. Steve intends to keep the two in limbo while he decides if he'll give up bachelorhood, but unexpected hurdles put his plan in jeopardy. Cinsee is the pampered, insidious wife of a football icon, who specializes in wreaking havoc. Her marriage to Tim Stratten is in dire straits as she impulsively maintains the same qualities he loathes. He thinks she s selfish, vain, and a bad mother. As she strives to make herself over to become the ideal wife, he slowly retreats into a bitter shell, while suspiciously nurturing a friendship with his ex-girlfriend. When tragedy strikes, putting more strain on their union, Cinsee scrambles to reverse their estrangement before it s too late. Duane is a strong, exemplary family man coming to terms with his troubled past. A sibling by adoption, he escaped his fate as a juvenile criminal when the Joneses took him in at the age of ten. Now a happily married father of three, the heartache of a drug-addicted mother and a father that didn t want him still lingers. Somehow, those feelings are magnified when his fifteen-year-old, well-behaved daughter gets pregnant by a thug from his old neighborhood. Angry and blaming himself, Duane revisits the pain of the past to help regain his self-esteem and forgive those who hurt him. The question is, can he? Guided by their inner voice, and the wise counsel of their mother, Ella, these twenty/thirty-something s tackle their issues with love, humor, and family as an anchor. ... Read more