Aleta is struggling to hold life together for herself and for her six-year old son Andrew. As he is preparing for the auction, he meets Aleta Prescott, who has been hired by the Society as a cook. When ordered to assist with a local Ladies Aid Society Christmas Auction, Jake respectfully objects, but orders are orders. As he waits to learn his fate, he observes and captures the bruising realities of war around him in his sketchbook and his journal, which become a lifeline for him. His injuries may or may not result in blindness, which for Jake, would mean losing not just his greatest skill but his identity. Jake Winston, a revered Confederate sharpshooter, has suffered a head wound at the Battle of Chickamauga. Amid the shadow of war, the fading dream of the Confederacy, and the faith of a child, a former soldier and a destitute woman discover the true meaning of Christmas and a most unanticipated friendship-and love.
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