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By:  David Baldacci

ASIN: B000776K4Q
Narrated by: Tim Matheson
Release Date: 12/03/04
Publisher: Hachette Audio

Format:  Audio

My Rating:  4 Stars

A  huge David Baldacci fan, enjoyed THE CHRISTMAS TRAIN, an ideal book for the holiday season- An uplifting and lighthearted journey.

A bit of a wanderlust, a lover of trains; Mysterious, intriguing---have always wanted to take a ride cross country-- so adventurous. A charming book - The audio offered nice effects, making it realistic, setting the mood, with vivid descriptions.

The narrator Tim Matheson delivered an excellent performance, reminding me a little of Richard Paul Evans’ heartwarming books, centered around the holiday season.

Full of colorful memorable characters: from New Orleans jazz, funny eccentric older ladies, actors, movie producers, and writers.

Tom Langdon is the main character and writer taking the train to California to see his girlfriend, to go skiing in Tahoe for the holidays. Ironically, he runs into his former love Eleanor, whom he has never gotten over who is now a big movie director.

From romance, snow storms, a thief, undercover folks, Max the movie guy and a staff full of fabulous friendly Amtrak employees – making this a humorous and fun trip.

Makes you want to plan a train trip soon to meet all the fun people along the journey, in a slower-paced time. 

“It's not getting from A to B. It's not the beginning or the destination that counts. It's the ride in between...This train is alive with things that should be seen and heard. It's a living, breathing something -- you just have to want to learn its rhythm.” --― David Baldacci, The Christmas Train 

“Two people can care for each other but not want the same things.”
― David Baldacci, The Christmas Train