Review: "O Little Town of Donuts" by Ron Peer with Mitzi Lynton

 

O Little Town of Donuts
by Ron Peer with Mitzi Lynton
2022

 

O Little Town of Donuts, by screenwriter Ron Peer with Mitzi Lynton, is a sweet-hearted story about good feelings, love, and Christmas cheer. Retiree Jerry DeShazo is driving to Chicago for Christmas when a car accident strands him in the charming small town of Suttonville, Texas. After getting the news he’ll be in town for a few days waiting for his car to be repaired, Jerry’s first stop is Libby’s Donuts with his new friends Emily, the girl he swerved to miss and hit a tractor parked too close to the road instead, and her mother, Maria. In the shop he meets the lively Libby, running in a special mayoral election against a descendent of the town’s founder, George Sutton.
     At first Jerry is seen as a harmless eccentric. He gives cards to everyone he meets with The Gift of Love printed on one side and a poem on the other. His talent for garnering friends quickly makes him Suttonville’s most popular guest. But Sutton—whose tractor George hit—sees Jerry as a threat to his mayoral aspirations. All the while Jerry is sharing his secret to life around town; send love to everyone, even yourself, and everything will work out for the best.
     O Little Town of Donuts gets to the heart of what Christmas should be: a celebration of our neighbors, our communities, and even ourselves. A kind of love letter to humanity, person by person. It is loaded with eccentric characters—an angry newspaperman, a kind-hearted Sheriff, a bitter businessman, a donut shop owner with a past. But its heart is Jerry. A guy who loves everyone, kind of a Santa Claus figure, with the joyful mission of bringing love and happiness to anyone who will accept it. O Little Town of Donuts is a perfect holiday read that will brighten even the darkest day.

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