Sometimes the places meant to heal you don’t bother asking permission.
Astrid is running from a past she can’t undo and a future she isn’t sure she deserves. Eli Walker is traveling Georgia’s backroads in a vintage red truck, carrying a Santa suit, a lifetime of stories, and an unusual gift for hearing what people rarely tell anyone else.
When their paths cross, an unexpected journey begins—through small Southern towns, moss-draped riverbanks, Savannah squares, Christmas traditions, and the complicated work of finding a way home.
Down By The Riverside is a warm Southern Christmas novel about recovery, second chances, chosen family, and the people and places that remember us when we have trouble remembering ourselves.
Some places remember history. The best ones remember hope.
Book One of The Places That Remember.
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Beth Volpert Johansen is the founder of FreelanceBeth Studios, an independent storytelling company built on one conviction: the most memorable stories begin with real people.A veteran journalist, educator, and author, Beth has spent more than three decades listening to, reporting, and writing the stories people remember-the ones passed around family tables, preserved in communities, and carried from one generation to the next. Her work has taken many forms, including books, documentaries, digital media, photography, podcasts, classrooms, and live events, all connected by a belief that storytelling can preserve what matters and help people find hope.Down By the Riverside: A Santa Eli Story is the first novel in The Places That Remember, Beth's series of Southern journey stories where history, faith, redemption, and the people who quietly change our lives share the same front porch. Through FreelanceBeth Studios, she continues that work across books, documentaries, educational resources, digital storytelling, and community projects.Beth is also an educator who has spent years teaching students-from all over the world-to find and tell their own stories. When she isn't writing or teaching, she travels back roads with her husband, musician Eric Johansen, following her curiosity toward small towns, forgotten places, local history, good music, and the people willing to stop and talk awhile. She can usually be found with a notebook, a camera, a cup of strong tea, and one more question.Because some places remember history. The best ones remember hope.
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Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. Down By The RiversideA Southern Christmas journey about second chances, unexpected grace, and the places that help us find our way home.Down By The Riverside takes readers on a Southern sleigh ride beginning on the busy courthouse square in Lawrenceville, Georgia, and winding through the heart of the state-from Claxton and the tiny town of Santa Claus to Doctortown and the banks of the Altamaha River, through Savannah's historic squares where the past is never far from the present, and on to Brunswick and the Golden Isles.Along the way are weathered churches and wide front porches, cotton fields and old farmhouses, rivers edged by moss-draped trees, coastal marshes touched by salt air, and the food, music, faith, history, and Christmas traditions of the people who call these places home.At the heart of the journey is Astrid, a young woman struggling to find her way through addiction and recovery, whose path crosses with Eli Walker-a man known to most simply as Santa. What follows is a story of redemption, forgiveness, chosen family, and the sometimes unexpected places where hope is waiting.Down By The Riverside is the first novel in The Places That Remember, a series about the people and places that hold our stories-and remind us that finding our way home doesn't always mean returning to where we started.Some places remember history. The best ones remember hope. A Southern Christmas novel of second chances, recovery, and chosen family. Astrid's path crosses with a man most people call Santa on a journey through the real towns and landscapes of Georgia. First in The Places That Remember series. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9798997848408
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Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. Down By The RiversideA Southern Christmas journey about second chances, unexpected grace, and the places that help us find our way home.Down By The Riverside takes readers on a Southern sleigh ride beginning on the busy courthouse square in Lawrenceville, Georgia, and winding through the heart of the state-from Claxton and the tiny town of Santa Claus to Doctortown and the banks of the Altamaha River, through Savannah's historic squares where the past is never far from the present, and on to Brunswick and the Golden Isles.Along the way are weathered churches and wide front porches, cotton fields and old farmhouses, rivers edged by moss-draped trees, coastal marshes touched by salt air, and the food, music, faith, history, and Christmas traditions of the people who call these places home.At the heart of the journey is Astrid, a young woman struggling to find her way through addiction and recovery, whose path crosses with Eli Walker-a man known to most simply as Santa. What follows is a story of redemption, forgiveness, chosen family, and the sometimes unexpected places where hope is waiting.Down By The Riverside is the first novel in The Places That Remember, a series about the people and places that hold our stories-and remind us that finding our way home doesn't always mean returning to where we started.Some places remember history. The best ones remember hope. A Southern Christmas novel of second chances, recovery, and chosen family. Astrid's path crosses with a man most people call Santa on a journey through the real towns and landscapes of Georgia. First in The Places That Remember series. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9798997848408
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Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. Down By The RiversideA Southern Christmas journey about second chances, unexpected grace, and the places that help us find our way home.Down By The Riverside takes readers on a Southern sleigh ride beginning on the busy courthouse square in Lawrenceville, Georgia, and winding through the heart of the state-from Claxton and the tiny town of Santa Claus to Doctortown and the banks of the Altamaha River, through Savannah's historic squares where the past is never far from the present, and on to Brunswick and the Golden Isles.Along the way are weathered churches and wide front porches, cotton fields and old farmhouses, rivers edged by moss-draped trees, coastal marshes touched by salt air, and the food, music, faith, history, and Christmas traditions of the people who call these places home.At the heart of the journey is Astrid, a young woman struggling to find her way through addiction and recovery, whose path crosses with Eli Walker-a man known to most simply as Santa. What follows is a story of redemption, forgiveness, chosen family, and the sometimes unexpected places where hope is waiting.Down By The Riverside is the first novel in The Places That Remember, a series about the people and places that hold our stories-and remind us that finding our way home doesn't always mean returning to where we started.Some places remember history. The best ones remember hope. A Southern Christmas novel of second chances, recovery, and chosen family. Astrid's path crosses with a man most people call Santa on a journey through the real towns and landscapes of Georgia. First in The Places That Remember series. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9798997848408
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Down By The Riverside | A Santa Eli Story | Beth Volpert Johansen | Taschenbuch | The Places That Remember | Englisch | 2026 | FreelanceBeth | EAN 9798997848408 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: preigu GmbH & Co. KG, Lengericher Landstr. 19, 49078 Osnabrück, mail[at]preigu[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 136966994
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