Our favorite gift idea: The Carpenter’s Notebook novel

The 10th Tool from our 12 Tools of Christmas

The Carpenter’s Notebook is a novel about a carpenter and his son

What gift idea blog would this be if I didn’t herald and self-promote my novel The Carpenter’s Notebook?

I mean who doesn’t love to curl up next to the fire with a cup of chamomile and explore a sad, suffering man’s search for love and meaning at the end of a sweat-saturated framing gun and soul-crushing angst?

I mean, really. 

What’s The Carpenter’s Notebook book about?

All kidding aside, what’s really at the heart of The Carpenter’s Notebook is finding truths about life that are like carpenter’s go-tos. They include coping, and plumb, level, and square. These are truths that one can count on and depend upon. They last. They cast a light in the damn darkness. 

Also, the story starts at Christmas and tells the tale of a family dealing with loss. They are trying to rebuild love and purpose through the mental and physical demands of hard work, so we can just all call it a potential Hallmark Channel Holiday Classic.

Available through Amazon as a paperback or ebook, you can get your copy of The Carpenter’s Notebook today (I’m sitting here. Have you gotten it yet? I’ll be waiting…)