Once in a Lifetime

By: Mary Monroe

Narrated by: Shari Peele

Beloved award-winning and New York Times best-selling author Mary Monroe delivers a hopeful and heartwarming story about an impossible Christmas dream, an unexpected act of goodwill - and a surprising chain of events that could gift joy far beyond the holiday season....

Free-spirited, living on the fly, Vanessa Hayes is still always down for traditional family holiday fun - until now. She’s making her oft-delayed wish finally come true: Christmas in Paris, the glittering City of Lights. But when her passport gets delayed, it’s too late for Vanessa to rebook. Now it looks like the Yuletide she longs for won’t happen. Until a stranger suddenly enters her life, and changes it forever....

Overwhelmed by responsibility, Judith Guthrie is too busy worrying about her seriously ill brother to have time to celebrate. She’s taken a leave from her teaching job to care for him as he’s on the waiting list for a life-giving transplant. A trip to France is a kind of happiness she can’t imagine. But when she accidentally receives Vanessa’s passport, Judith can’t resist delivering it in person so Vanessa will at least have her holiday dream. She can’t anticipate that her small gesture will result in a series of big choices, big miracles, and lifelong rewards that all will be thankful for over many Christmases to come....

©2021 Mary Monroe (P)2021 Recorded Books

The sacrifice to help another person.

It was absolutely great writing. I really enjoyed listening to it. It touched every emotion. Thank you so much!

A gift of love

This story was more about fate and organ donation.It all started with a person returning the wrong mail to its owner.It all went up hill after that.This book was not as exciting as Mary Monroe books.It was slightly boring and the narrator had a drag in her voice and monotonous. The story line was a good but did nothing for me.Please don't go into the book thinking that you will be laughing and exciting as her books are.Proceed with caution.

Inspirational

I loved it from the beginning to the end. It was uplifting and hopeful for finding real love!!!

Ronald and Vanessa

I wish there were a man in The voice part of a man and all the different characters had different voice. different voices

good story

This is a story of life, love, and giving. Mary Monroe is the ultimate storyteller. She
knows how to grab her audience's attention. Shari Peele narrated the performance with excellent.