Novelist Ellyn Bache reads an adaptation of her novella, Holiday Miracles, about a special season in a blended family.Ellyn Bache is a former Wilmingtonian, lured back for just Holiday Shorts. Bache is the prolific author of novels about families, romance, and the events that can transform both. Her first novel, Safe Passage, about a family caught up in the bombing of the Beirut Embassy, was made into a movie starring Susan Sarandon.