Mr. Nicholas - De Vinck, Christopher

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Résumé :
Each town has its own secrets, and those secrets belong to each citizen in his or her own way. When it becomes known that Mr. Nicholas, the eccentric owner of the hardware store, is somehow involved with reindeer, toys, and children, the town becomes more and more suspicious that this man is more than just a clerk on Main Street.JB, a clever, open, ten-year-old boy with Down's syndrome, is able to figure out the secret from the first time Mr. Nicholas gives him a chocolate deer wrapped in gold foil. JB's father and mother, divorced and both cynical, follow the adventures of JB as he flies on the back of a reindeer, feeds Mister Rogers' fish, and defines what can be forgotten by those who are too busy to remember the magic of Christmas, cuckoo-clocks, and love--

Biographie:

Christopher de Vinck, husband, father, and grandfather, earned his doctoral degree from Columbia University and devoted 40 years to his career in public education. He is the author of countless essays for the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, National Catholic Reporter, Dallas Morning News, USA Today, Reader's Digest, and Good Housekeeping, and thirteen books including the bestselling The Power of the Powerless: A Brother's Lesson of Love about his severely disabled brother Oliver and the difference Oliver made in this sometimes jaded world.

De Vinck's books have won two Christopher Awards, the 2021 Illumination Book Award's Gold Medal in the category of Christian Living, and Best Column by the National Catholic Press Association. He still believes in Santa Claus.