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Christmas, Present

Jacquelyn Mitchard

2003132 pagesabout 2–3 hours
2003
first published
  • 2003HarperCollins · ENGISBN 9780060589165
  • 2003HarperCollins · 132 pages · ENGISBN 9780060565572
  • 2006Harper Paperbacks · 144 pages · ENGISBN 9780060565589

A fourteenth wedding anniversary is nothing to sneeze at, Elliott Banner knows, but it's not exactly a landmark year -- like fifteen, or twenty, when he plans to take his wife, Laura, to Paris. But when a headache on the drive home from their anniversary date -- two days before Christmas -- turns out to be more than a migraine, he wishes he had celebrated every year as though it were their last. In this poignant, touching, uplifting story, a woman calmly gathers her family around her during the Christmas holiday to cel-ebrate their lives together -- both past and future -- and to truly count their blessings.A family history unfolds in a single night in this deeply affecting story that speaks volumes about love, trust, and letting go -- a perfect holiday read that underscores the true meaning of the season.

How it reads

Character focusTwo hander

Worth knowing

Romance levelCentral

When and where

ThemesLove

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