The Gift - ahern cecelia

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Résumé :
A magical fable-like Christmas story from the celebrated author of P.S. I LOVE YOU and THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES. What's your Christmas wish? For Lou Suffern it's time. An extremely successful business man, Lou always has to be two places at one time, though usually it's at the office and not at home with his doting wife and two young children. When Lou gets closer to a promotion at work his home life starts to really unravel, and as the holidays draw closer he begins to resemble Ebenezer Scrooge.Enter Gabe, a homeless man Lou buys coffee for one day. Inspired by his own random act of kindness, Lou goes one step further and lands Gabe a job in the mail room of his company. But when Gabe begins to meddle in Lou's life, Lou quickly begins to regret his hasty good deed. Gabe seems to know more about Lou than Lou does about himself, and, more importantly, how does Gabe always seem to be two places at once? As Christmas draws closer, Gabe is able to make Lou finally understand the gift of time and discover what's truly important in life. But can he help him fix what's broken before it's too late?

Biographie:
Cecelia Ahern, 27, the author of the international bestsellers Thanks for the Memories; P.S. I Love You (which she wrote when she was 21), which was adapted into a major motion picture starring Hilary Swank; Love, Rosie; If You Could See Me Now; and There's No Place Like Here; is the daughter of Ireland's former prime minister Bertie Ahern. Her books are published in forty-six countries and collectively have sold more than eleven million copies. Also the co-creator of the ABC sitcom Samantha Who? starring Christina Applegate, Ahern lives in Dublin, Ireland.