Thirteen Days till Christmas!!!! Well for those of you that may not have been following along Megan from Down the Rabbit Hole and I have been doing a book blog event called the 25 Books of Christmas, we have been alternating days with a different book either about Christmas or centered around Christmas. We have tried to incorporate as many genres as possible to offer everyone a little something. if you're a little behind go ahead and catch up below
Day Twelve
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Man Called Ove and Beartown delivers an insightful and poignant holiday novella about a man who sacrificed his family in the single-minded pursuit of success and the courageous little girl fighting for her life who crosses his path.
It all begins with a father telling a story to his son on Christmas Eve. But this isn’t your typical Christmas story. The father admits to his son that he’s taken a life but he won’t say whose—not yet.
One week earlier, in a hospital late at night, the man met a five-year-old girl with cancer. She’s a smart kid—smart enough to know that she won’t beat cancer by drawing with crayons all day, but it seems to make the adults happy, so she keeps doing it.
As the man tells his son about this plucky little girl, he slowly reveals more about himself: while he may be a successful businessman, idolized by the media and his peers, he knows he failed as a parent. Overwhelmed by the responsibility of fatherhood, he took the easy way out and left his wife and little boy twenty years ago to pursue professional success. Now he is left wondering if it’s too late to forge a relationship with his son, who seems to be his opposite in every way—prizing happiness over money, surrounded by loving friends in a cozy town where he feels right at home.
Face to face with the idea that something is missing, the man is given the unexpected chance to do something selfless that could change the destiny of the little girl in the hospital bed. But before he can make the deal of a lifetime, he needs to find out what his own life has actually been worth in the eyes of his son. And so, he seeks him out and tells him this story…
Written with Fredrik Backman’s signature humor, compassion, and “knack for weaving tales that are believable and fanciful” (St. Louis Post-Dispatch), The Deal of a Lifetime reminds us that life is a fleeting gift, and our only legacy is how we share that gift with those we love.
Love how this story is about finding a second chance on Christmas but also how the father admits he has taken life from someone. Will the life he takes be the Little girl doomed to an end because of her cancer or will it be his own to save the little girl? Or will it be someone entirely different, and if so why? I love a heartfelt story and a little mystery so I can't wait to dive into this novella and see what happens, you should check it out too!!!
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