The Gift
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- $7.99
Publisher Description
If you could wish for one gift this Christmas, what would it be?
Lou Suffern wishes he could be in two places at once. His constant battle with the clock is a sensitive issue with his wife and family.
Gabe wishes he was somewhere warm. When Lou invites Gabe, a homeless man who sits outside his office, into the building and into his life, Lou’s world is changed beyond all measure…
An enchanting and thoughtful Christmas story that speaks to all of us about the value of time and what is truly important in life.
Praise for The Gift
‘Utterly irresistible . . . I devoured it in one sitting’ Marian Keyes, Irish Times
‘An intriguing, heartfelt novel, which makes you think about the value of life’ Glamour
Reviews
‘Utterly irresistible . . . I devoured it in one sitting’ Marian Keyes, Irish Times
‘An intriguing, heartfelt novel, which makes you think about the value of life’ Glamour
‘A heavenly gift that speaks to the heart’ Irish Independent
‘Heart-warming, emotional, funny and filled with unexpected twists’ RTE Guide
About the author
Cecelia Ahern was born and grew up in Dublin. Her novels have been translated into thirty-five languages and have sold more than twenty-five million copies in over fifty countries. Two of her books have been adapted as films and she has created several TV series.
She and her books have won numerous awards, including the Irish Book Award for Popular Fiction for The Year I Met You.
She lives in Dublin with her family.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Lou Suffern is not a nice man. He’s as unloving and deceitful as he is busy and stressed out. Yet Cecelia Ahern skilfully makes us care about his fate in a festive story delivered with her trademark dash of well-crafted supernatural magic. With a clever set-up and crisp, witty prose, Ahern slowly guides Lou towards understanding and reinvention. Full of satisfyingly imperfect characters and relationships, The Gift is a touching—and often sad—reminder of the value of time, perspective and love.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
At PW, we know it's summertime when the Christmas books start showing up.The GiftCecelia Ahern. Harper, (336p) Ahern wades into the Christmas fiction fray with a winning tale of magic and redemption. Lou Suffern is a busy man, and his family's growing weary of constantly taking the backseat to his career. On a whim, he offers Gabe, a homeless man he meets outside his office, a low-level job, and the uncharacteristically kind gesture plays out in a very unexpected way when Lou learns that Gabe has the power to be in two places at once. As the holidays draw nearer, Gabe tries to make Lou realize the importance of his family, but slow-to-change Lou might not come around to Gabe's way of thinking until it's too late. Ahern's an accomplished storyteller, and her writing chops elevate this far above the normal holiday fare. There's magic, but it's not campy, and the sentiment is real.
