The Gift (#248) made it to the top of my holiday reading pile. This Christmas fantasy was written by Cecelia Ahern, the daughter of Ireland's former prime minister.
Lou Suffern is a young Irish executive who's made it to the top of the corporate heap - almost. There's a promotion he wants more than anything; more than his wife, his children or his family. But things change the day that Lou meets Gabe, the homeless man camped out by his office building's door. Although he's walked by him many mornings, one day he stops and offers Gabe a coffee and a job to his own surprise. Soon Gabe is popping up everywhere in Lou's life and causing him to confront his choices uncomfortably. When things begin to go very wrong for him, Lou wonders if Gabe is out to replace him. Things don't work out for Lou the way he expected, yet he receives a most precious gift from Gabe.
I must admit, I did need a Kleenex as I sniffed my way through the ending of this one. A good cry can by cathartic, though! It's something a little different, and the lesson learned is definitely not sugar-coated!
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