Christmas in Woodstock

Madelyn O’Neal and her two daughters suddenly up-root from their comfortable home in Lexington, Kentucky, to move back to Maddie’s roots in a small, rural Vermont town in the north.

Each is forced to face trials on all fronts.

At first, things go well enough. Ashlynd, eighteen and determined to take up the sport of curling, lands a spot on the Woodstock Curling Team, while her younger sister Sami, a terrific singer, tries out for the high school glee club and is chosen to sing a solo part in the town’s annual Christmas Lighting. However, Sami quickly comes face to face with bullying and north/south prejudice when a member of the glee club becomes jealous.

And Maddie’s world turns upside down when a new love interest comes into her life – against the likings of her daughter Ashlynd. But with solid family values, the trio stay strong and meet their challenges head-on.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Bridget Rye McKenzie is an American author and screenwriter. The author of both the book and the screenplay Christmas in Woodstock, Bridget was born in Kentucky and raised in Michigan. After high school she followed her parents to Wyoming, where she lived for ten years. She later relocated to the East, living in New Hampshire for almost eighteen years, where she began her children’s book series Bear and Katie, which she published under another name. Bridget now resides in her home state of Kentucky.

“I feel blessed to have lived in several parts of this great country. Learning the history of the people and their culture enabled me to share those unique perspectives through the eyes of Bear and Katie, for children to learn and enjoy.” Bridget’s passions are art, writing, travel and history. She is a widow with five children, one deceased, and several grandchildren.