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Overview

There is no hurt so great that love cannot heal it

Nathan Hurst hated Christmas. For the rest of the world it was a day of joy and celebration; for Nathan it was simply a reminder of the event that destroyed his childhood until a snowstorm, a cancelled flight, and an unexpected meeting with a young mother and her very special son would show him that Christmas is indeed the season of miracles.

From the beloved author of the international bestseller The Christmas Box comes another timeless story of faith, hope, and healing.

Richard Paul Evans
Richard Paul Evans

Editorial Reviews

Publishers Weekly

Evans (The Christmas Box) returns with narrator Nathan Hurst, a frequently traveling, Tourette's-suffering security chief for a retail chain. When Nathan gets snowed in at the Denver airport at Thanksgiving, he offers half his hotel suite to a stranded needy family: recently divorced single mom Addison (a massage therapist), and her two children, Lizzy and Collin. Collin, who has leukemia, cures Nathan's Tourette's with his gift of healing touch. Exercising his secret gift makes Collin sicker, though, and as news of his healing powers eventually leaks out, leading to a demand for his services, his condition worsens. Nathan, meanwhile, feels emboldedened by his cure, and moves to address childhood woes when visiting his nursing home-bound mother. The tightly honed narrative, brimming with good intention to find courage in shared suffering, soon brings everyone together. (Oct.)

Library Journal

Evan's latest Christmas offering (after The Christmas Boxand Finding Noel) is the story of Nathan Hurst, a man with a troubled family past. Nathan, who has Tourette's syndrome, travels across the country as a detective for a retail chain. While stranded at the airport just before Thanksgiving, he invites a stranger, Addison, and her two children to share his hotel suite until a storm passes. Nathan finds himself falling for Addison and mysteriously cured of his syndrome by her son's touch. Evans's inspirational titles are perennial best sellers. [See Prepub Alert, LJ6/15/07.]

—Rebecca Vnuk

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781416550013
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Publication date: 10/9/2007
Pages: 352
Sales rank: 92,284
Product dimensions: 5.30 (w) x 7.10 (h) x 1.20 (d)

Meet the Author

Richard Paul Evans

Richard Paul Evans is the #1 bestselling author of The Christmas Box. His novels have each appeared on the New York Times bestseller list; there are more than thirteen million copies of his books in print. His books have been translated into more than twenty-two languages and several have been international bestsellers. He is the winner of the 1998 American Mothers Book Award, two first place Storytelling World Awards for his children’s books, the 2005 Romantic Times Best Women’s Novel of the Year Award, and two Wilbur Awards for Fiction (Book). Evans received the Washington Times Humanitarian of the Century Award and the Volunteers of America National Empathy Award for his work helping abused children. Evans lives in Salt Lake City, Utah, with his wife, Keri, and their five children.

Biography

The story of Richard Paul Evans's massive success is so miraculous that it could have been the subject of one of his inspirational stories if it hadn't been true. He'd written his very first book The Christmas Box as a holiday gift for his daughters in 1993. As he saw it, this story of a widow and the young family that moves into her home was a tangible, timeless expression of his fatherly love. So, Evans produced twenty copies of the novella, which he then handed out to a select group of friends and family as Christmas gifts. Incredibly, those mere twenty books began to circulate. And circulate. And circulate. By the following month, copies of The Christmas Box had passed through no less than 160 pairs of hands, some of which belonged to people who were rather influential. Amazingly, book stores began calling Evans at home, asking for copies of his little homemade opus.

The incredible story of The Christmas Box does not end there. This moving tale about the meaning of Christmas was soon picked up by Simon & Schuster and went on to make publishing history when it simultaneously became both the bestselling hardcover and the bestselling paperback book in America. Suddenly, former advertising executive and clay animator Evans was a bestselling writer with a whole new career ahead of him.

Evans followed up The Christmas Box with a prequel titled Timepiece in 1996. Timepiece was another major hit with readers, as was The Letter, the final installment in the Christmas Box trilogy. From there, Evans expanded his repertoire while continuing to focus on the themes dearest to him: faith, family, forgiveness, love, and loyalty. He published The Christmas Candle, his first book for kids. His work also often became subject to small-screen adaptations. In fact, a 1995 production of The Christmas Box starring Maureen O'Hara and Richard Thomas snared an Emmy for best costuming in a miniseries or special. The following year, a version of Timepiece featured an early appearance by future superstar Naomi Watts, not to mention choice performances by James Earl Jones and Ellen Burstyn, as well as an associate producer credit for the author, himself.

Meanwhile, Evans continued penning and publishing heart-warming mega-sellers like The Locket, The Looking Glass, and The Carousel. In 2001, he took some time to reflect on his stunning success in The Christmas Box Miracle, which recounted his most unusual journey to the top of the bestseller list.

Another string of crowd pleasers followed, including the romantic The Last Promise, A Perfect Day, and The Sunflower, a critically acclaimed account of blossoming love at a humanitarian mission in Peru. Now, Evans is back with Finding Noel, the story of Mark Smart, whose pained life is completely turned around after a chance encounter in a coffee shop. Fans of Evans -- and there are legions of them -- will no doubt be delighted and deeply touched by his latest work.

Good To Know

Evans is one of the few writers in history to place on both the fiction and nonfiction bestseller lists.

When Evans is not writing bestsellers, he often makes public appearances as a motivational speaker. He has shared the stage with such notable people as director Ron Howard, writer Deepak Chopra, humorist Steven Allen, and both George Bush senior and George W. Bush.

In 1997, Evans founded The Christmas Box House International, a foundation responsible for building shelters for abused, neglected, and homeless children throughout the world. More than 16,000 kids have found homes in one of Evans's shelters.

In our interview, Evans shared some fascinating facts about himself:

"I am the father of five children, who take up most of my time."

"I am the founder of The Christmas Box House International, which builds shelter assessment facilities for abused children. The most interesting trip I have been on lately was in the jungles of Peru, where we hunted crocodiles in leaky canoes at midnight. I have lived in both China and Italy, which is why I often have characters from those lands."

"I absolutely love playing the game Risk. Also Paintball. When possible, I round up my friends and go down to our ranch in southern Utah, where we play weekend soldiers."

1. Hometown:
  
  Salt Lake City, Utah
1. Date of Birth:
  
  October 11, 1962
2. Place of Birth:
  
  Salt Lake City, Utah
1. Education:
  
  B.A., University of Utah, 1984

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C H R I S T M A S 2 0 0 6

It's Christmas night. Everyone is asleep in the house but me. From my den window I see it has started snowing, but not in earnest. It seems to me a kind of curtain falling on the day.

There is a tranquillity to the moment that permeates my thoughts. I sit with a pencil and a pad of paper. I am prepared to write a story. This is not a Christmas story. Christmas is nearly over, dying like the fire in my fireplace, sharing the last of its warmth and light. Tomorrow the ornaments and decorations will come down, and we'll put Christmas away in boxes and bins. But first our family will visit a cemetery only a short drive from our house. I'll brush the snow from a headstone, then lay a potted poinsettia plant on its marble table. I'll hold my wife and daughter, and we'll remember a little boy.

Ours will not be the fi rst footprints in the snow or the fi rst flowers left. There will be two bouquets waiting. They're there every year.

You might already know some of our story — or think you do. Some of it made the news. But what you heard was just a few bars of a song, and badly played at that. Tonight this weighs heavily on my mind. I believe it's time the world knew the whole truth, or at least as much as I can give them. So tonight, I begin to record our story for future generations. I know from the outset that many will not believe it. You may not believe it. No matter. I was there. I knew the boy and what he was capable of. And some things are true whether you want to believe them or not.

Chapter One

I was born with Tourette's syndrome. If you're like most people, you're not sure what Tourette's is but suspect it has something to do with shouting obscenities in public. You'd be about ten percent right.

Tourette's syndrome is a neurological disorder characterized by repetitive, involuntary movements; things that make "normal" people uncomfortable. Some of us, about ten percent, curse in public. Some of us bark or make other animal noises. I have tics. I've had more than twenty different manifestations, from vocal tics like clearing my throat and loud gulping to repeated eye blinking, shrugging, head jerking, and grimacing. My last tic was in my hands, and even though it hurt, I still preferred it to a facial tic, because you can't hide your face in your pocket.

I also have a compulsion to spit in the face of famous people. I've never actually spit in anyone's face, probably because I don't know anyone famous, but the impulse is there. I once saw Tony Danza at a Park City restaurant, and I put my hand over my mouth, just to be safe.

The most peculiar of my symptoms is my need to touch sharp objects. If you were to go through my pockets you would find dollar bills folded into sharp corners. There's linen in paper money, which gives it an especially sharp corner. But anything sharp brings me comfort. On my desk at work there are always a dozen or more highly sharpened pencils.

People sometimes ask if my tics are painful. I invite them to try this experiment: blink sixty times in one minute and see how your eyes feel. Now do that for sixteen hours straight. I remember, as a boy, holding my face at night because I couldn't stop it from moving, and it hurt.

But more painful than the physical hurts were the social ones, like sitting alone in the school cafeteria, because no one wants to sit by someone making funny noises. The panicked look on a girl's face when your own face is doing gymnastics as you ask her out. (Tics are usually exacerbated by anxiety, and if asking a girl out doesn't make you anxious, what does?) Or being surrounded by every kid at summer camp, because they want to see what the freak will do next. There's a reason I learned to keep to myself.

Not surprisingly, I read a lot. Books are the most tolerant of friends. There were great books back then. Old Yeller, Andy Buckram's Tin Men, Where the Red Fern Grows, The Flying Hockey Stick. But my greatest love was comic books. Not the kiddie rags like Archie and Jughead, but the Marvel ones, whose heroes had muscles on muscles, bulging through skin-tight costumes. Characters like Spiderman, Captain America, Ironman, and the Incredible Hulk. I would read my magazines before and after school and long into the night, falling asleep with the lights on. I was always dreaming of being someone special: able to walk through walls (or knock someone through one), to fly, to burst into flames, or to wrap myself in a force field — safe from whatever the bad guys could throw at me. Tellingly, the power I wanted most of all was to be invisible.

In a way I got my wish when I was eight years old. I became invisible. Not to everyone. Just to those who mattered.

***

Tourette's wasn't the worst part of my childhood. Five weeks after my eighth birthday, on Christmas Day, a tragedy destroyed my family. Ten months later my parents filed for divorce. But it was never finalized. My father took his life on December twenty-fifth, one year to the day tragedy struck.

My mother was never well after that, physically or emotionally. She spent most of her time in bed. She never again hugged or kissed me. This was about the time my tics began. The month I turned sixteen, I moved out. I dropped out of school, piled everything I owned in the back of a Ford Pinto, and drove to Utah to live with a former schoolmate. I never even told my mother I was leaving. There was no reason to. I was rarely home, and we never spoke when I was.

You might assume that I was the victim of whatever bad thing happened. But you'd be wrong. It was something that I did. I suppose that's why I don't really blame my mother for how she treated me. Or my father for taking the back door out of life. It was my fault my life was such a mess. And Christmas was just another day on the calendar. I never believed it could be otherwise until I met Addison, Elizabeth, and Collin.

***

The Bible says that God has chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty. My story is about one of God's weak things. His name is Collin, a frail, beautiful little boy with a very special gift.

Introduction

Reading Group Guide for The Gift by Richard Paul Evans

When Nathan Hurst, a lonely security expert, finds himself snowed in at an airport on his way home to Utah, he meets a single mother named Addison, also Utah bound, and her two children, Elizabeth and Collin. Realizing that they have no place to stay, Nathan invites them to share his hotel suite. Although hesitant at first, Addison soon agrees, telling Nathan that her nine-year-old son, Collin, a cancer-stricken boy, had told her that he was a 'good man.' Curious as to why a mother would turn to her child for advice, Nathan becomes even more intrigued when, after Collin touches him, he finds himself cured of both his bronchitis and his Tourette's syndrome.

What begins as a physical healing turns into spiritual one as Nathan and Addison fall in love while trying to protect Collin from a world that wants his healing, regardless of the sickness it causes him. Through Addison's love, Nathan is finally able to make peace with his painful past, and together their lives are renewed. The Gift tells a tale of great awakenings and shows how all of us, not only a special little boy, have the power to heal the ones we love.

1. At the beginning of the book, there's an author's note, letting the reader know that he, like the protagonist has Tourette's. Why do you think the author does this and what, if any, effect does it have on your reading of the story? As Nathan is cured of Tourette's early in the novel, why do you think Nathan himself finds it so important to tell us at the beginning that he suffers from Tourette's?

2. Nathan is haunted by his childhood. In what ways does his past affect his present life?For example, what effect does it have on his choice of profession or on his relationships with women and why? Are there any other characters in the novel haunted by their past and, if so, who and how?

3. Nathan writes about how he's always been able to attract relationships but that they never seem to last. To what do you attribute this? He also says that Addison has a 'maternal quality' and that in the past he has tended to attract the opposite type. In your opinion, why is it that this time Nathan has attracted a 'maternal' woman like Addison?

4. Nathan writes about his very dysfunctional family, while Addison portrays her family relationships as filled with love. What do you think brings these two characters together? What do they have to teach each other? And what do they have to learn from each other?

5. Stealing and giving are both major themes in The Gift. What are some of the different types of stealing portrayed in the novel? What are some of the different gifts or ways of giving? Discuss the relationship between stealing and giving as developed in the story.

6. The healing power of love is one of the strongest themes in the novel. That power is stated in the quote: 'There's no hurt so great that love can't heal it.' What is 'love' in the world of The Gift? How does love heal Addison, Nathan, Collin, and Miche? Is there anyone in the story who can't be healed by love? Did you find reading the novel in itself healing? If yes, how?

7. Although Collin is able to restore to life people who have died, when he does so it makes him sick. If healing is a gift, why should it hurt the giver? Why shouldn't 'giving' which seems like a good thing, make the giver stronger and not weaker? Why might the author have created Collin this way? What might Evans be trying to say about the relationship between healing and sacrifice? Are there other examples in the novel where healing and sacrifice go hand in hand? Explain.

8. In The Gift, the morality of whether or not someone should heal another person or bring them back from the dead is examined. Pastor Tim makes reference to the fact that some people may see what Collin is doing as the devil's work. Do you think Collin is interfering with someone's fate or God's plan? If so, why or why not? Are Collin and Addison playing God by deciding who should be healed? To what do you think the gift in the title is referring?

9. The story also raises an interesting ethical question. Addison believes that Collin shouldn't save 'bad' people or save people for profit, as her husband Steve believes. What do you think about Addison and/or Collin's decision to heal some people but not others? What makes Collin's healing different from a doctor's work? Would you let yourself be 'miraculously' brought back from death if you could? Why or why not?

10. One of the most interesting things about Collin is that he can't heal himself. Why would the author, or God, make this so? Does anyone in the story heal him- or herself? If so, who, and how? If not, why not?

11. There are many ironies in The Gift. For instance, it's through sickness and Collin's suffering that Addison and Nathan are brought together in love. What other ironies can you detect? Why might the author choose to use irony in The Gift? What effect does it have on the story and on you, the reader?

12. Nathan writes, 'Collin became the canvas on which we painted our souls: in brilliance or darkness. . .' Explain what this means within the context of the novel.

13. Death and rebirth are part of the world of The Gift. Discuss how this is played out in the lives of the different characters. How, if at all, has your perception of death changed after reading the book and why?

14. The nature of children, childhood, and mothering are all explored in The Gift. Why might the author choose to give so much attention to these subjects? How is each of these related to the main theme of healing?

15. Nathan says that he believed that Collin 'changed our world.' How did Collin change their world? How did Collin give Nathan back his soul?

16. The last words we hear from Collin are to his sister Elizabeth in her dream. He says, 'Don't cry so much. In the end, love wins.' If love wins, what does it win out over?

17. Nathan writes at the beginning that his story is not a Christmas story, but in the end, he thinks perhaps that it is. Is it the story that has changed or is it the narrator? How, if at all, did Nathan change over the course of the story? Discuss why The Gift might be considered a Christian allegory.

SUGGESTIONS TO ENHANCE YOUR BOOK CLUB

1. For further information on Paul Richard Evans and a look at his many bestselling books, visit his Web site at: www.richardpaulevans.com.

2. Your group might want to make a study, comparing different visions of life after death. The following books could help you begin:

On Life After Death and Tunnel and the Light: Essential Insights on Living and Dying, both by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, M.D.

Secrets & Mysteries of the World by Sylvia Browne

The Teachings of Don Juan by Carlos Castaneda

3. Learn more about Tourette's syndrome at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourette_syndrome

RICHARD PAUL EVANS is the #1 best-selling author of The Christmas Box. His fourteen novels have each appeared on the New York Times bestseller list; there are more than thirteen million copies of his books in print. His books have been translated into more than 22 languages and several have been international best sellers. He is the winner of the 1998 American Mothers Book Award, two first place Storytelling World Awards for his children's books, and the 2005 Romantic Times Best Women Novel of the Year Award. Evans received the Washington Times Humanitarian of the Century Award and the Volunteers of America National Empathy Award for his work helping abused children. He is the founder and CEO of BookWise, an international direct sales business. Evans lives in Salt Lake City, Utah, with his wife, Keri, and their five children.

Reading Group Guide

Reading Group Guide for The Gift by Richard Paul Evans

When Nathan Hurst, a lonely security expert, finds himself snowed in at an airport on his way home to Utah, he meets a single mother named Addison, also Utah bound, and her two children, Elizabeth and Collin. Realizing that they have no place to stay, Nathan invites them to share his hotel suite. Although hesitant at first, Addison soon agrees, telling Nathan that her nine-year-old son, Collin, a cancer-stricken boy, had told her that he was a "good man." Curious as to why a mother would turn to her child for advice, Nathan becomes even more intrigued when, after Collin touches him, he finds himself cured of both his bronchitis and his Tourette's syndrome.

2. Nathan is haunted by his childhood. In what ways does his past affect his present life? For example, what effect does it have on his choice of profession or on his relationships with women and why? Are there any other characters in the novel haunted by their past and, if so, who and how?

3. Nathan writes about how he's always been able to attract relationships but that they never seem to last. To what do you attribute this? He also says that Addison has a "maternal quality" and that in the past he has tended to attract the opposite type. In your opinion, why is it that this time Nathan has attracted a "maternal" woman like Addison?

6. The healing power of love is one of the strongest themes in the novel. That power is stated in the quote: "There's no hurt so great that love can't heal it." What is "love" in the world of The Gift? How does love heal Addison, Nathan, Collin, and Miche? Is there anyone in the story who can't be healed by love? Did you find reading the novel in itself healing? If yes, how?

7. Although Collin is able to restore to life people who have died, when he does so it makes him sick. If healing is a gift, why should it hurt the giver? Why shouldn't "giving" which seems like a good thing, make the giver stronger and not weaker? Why might the author have created Collin this way? What might Evans be trying to say about the relationship between healing and sacrifice? Are there other examples in the novel where healing and sacrifice go hand in hand? Explain.

9. The story also raises an interesting ethical question. Addison believes that Collin shouldn't save "bad" people or save people for profit, as her husband Steve believes. What do you think about Addison and/or Collin's decision to heal some people but not others? What makes Collin's healing different from a doctor's work? Would you let yourself be "miraculously" brought back from death if you could? Why or why not?

12. Nathan writes, "Collin became the canvas on which we painted our souls: in brilliance or darkness. . ." Explain what this means within the context of the novel.

15. Nathan says that he believed that Collin "changed our world." How did Collin change their world? How did Collin give Nathan back his soul?

16. The last words we hear from Collin are to his sister Elizabeth in her dream. He says, "Don't cry so much. In the end, love wins." If love wins, what does it win out over?

SUGGESTIONS TO ENHANCE YOUR BOOK CLUB

1. For further information on Paul Richard Evans and a look at his many bestselling books, visit his Web site at: www.richardpaulevans.com.

2. Your group might want to make a study, comparing different visions of life after death. The following books could help you begin:

On Life After Death and Tunnel and the Light: Essential Insights on Living and Dying, both by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, M.D.

Secrets & Mysteries of the World by Sylvia Browne

The Teachings of Don Juan by Carlos Castaneda

3. Learn more about Tourette's syndrome at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourette_syndrome

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GailCooke

Posted February 2, 2009

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'some things are true whether you want to believe them or not'

Everyone would love a miracle, especially during the Christmas season. As demonstrated with his mega selling 'The Christmas Box,' Richard Paul Evans is an author who can make us believe in them. As he writes, '...some things are true whether you want to believe them or not.' An especially touching element of this story is that protagonist Nathan Hurst has Tourette's syndrome as does the author. And, Evans once more finds inspiration for his work in personal experience - a dreadful accident occurred to his brother as it does to the fictional Nathan's brother. Thus, this is a book to encourage and enrich us as it renews belief in faith, hope and healing. Our story opens with Nathan remembering his childhood. As he says, 'Tourette's wasn't the worst part of my childhood.' In addition to the ostracization he suffered from other children, his brother suffered a near fatal accident, his father committed suicide, and his mother withdrew. Thus, Nathan was very much alone in the world....until he met Addison Parker and her children, 6-year-old Lizzy and 8-year-old Collin who is desperately ill with leukemia. Working as an in-house detective for the MusicWorld chain, Nathan has a bad case of bronchitis and is on his way home from a business trip when he is stranded by bad weather in the Denver airport. Also stranded are Allison and her family. She has no place to stay, so Nathan offers to give them his hotel room. It is there that Collin touches him and heals him not only of bronchitis but also Tourette's. Readers learn that each person Collin heals weakens him, bringing him closer to his own death. As with other stories by Evans The Gift elicits tears as well as offering comfort because we're reminded that no matter what happen in life, 'In the end, love wins.'

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The Gift so is a Gift

Richard Paul Evans did not dissapoint me in this wonderful book. Each of his books are great. This a is a must read. You will laugh, smile and cry. But it is not a sad cry.
Read and Enjoy

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A wonderful book

The book was wonderful story about courge, faith, hope and love. I will read it again some day.

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Posted April 13, 2009

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My first book by Richard Evans.

This book was very touching.I enjoyed reading this book.My dad's wife lent me this book. It was a very good idea. She thought I'd enjoy this book and I did. This book touched me emotionally. I work with special ed. children at a Children's Hospital. I know how hard it is for children with special needs to communicate with others. I remember this one boy who had Tourette's. I can't believe how much Nathan's boss acted and Addison'ts husband plus her husband's client Riley.Those people were so selfish.Nathan's boss wanted to be healed b/c of his back problems. Addison's husband wanted to get richer and her husband's client wanted to be cured.

I felt sorry for Collin,when he healed a person he got sicker.He took a piece of them with him. He first healed their dog Goldie when she ran out of the house and got hit by the car. He brought Goldie back to life. The woman who hit Goldie saw what Collin did and she wanted him to heal her sick son who was dying. Mrs. Pyranovich didn't care if Collin died doing it. She wanted her son to be healthy again. Addison wanted to keep her son safe and alive. This is why she didn't want anyone to see what her son could do. She did it so her son could live longer. When the word got out that Collin could heal, alot of the people came out wanting to be healed or just wanted to be around him. They were so selfish. Especially, Collin's dad who left them in the beginning and now he wants Collin to heal this millionaire for a lot of money. He cared more about getting richer than his own son life. That made me so mad. Collin's dad was never there for them. He left them. Collin's dad and the millionaire Riley got what they deserved in the end. The millionaire-Riley passed away. Collin had tried healing him but it didn't work if Collin didn't want to heal the person. It only worked when Collin liked the person. This man named Hands wasn't a nice man either. He had affairs and he didn't care about Collin. He wanted to be healed. He had poor back problems. Collin had healed this woman-Miche who wasn't able to have a baby. Collin liked her and he healed her. She got her baby in the end. Collin healed people who deserved it. The healing process didn't work on selfish,cold hearted people.

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Anonymous

Posted December 10, 2008

A comforting story

Nathan Hurst has had a rough life. He left home at an early age after his brother's death and his father's suicide. Nathan's mom was absent after these tragic events so the thought of leaving seemed to be the only solution.

Never letting go of his past, Nathan spends most of his adult life isolated from the rest of the world. His isolation is enabled by his career, which requires him to travel often each year. Returning home from a business trip, Nathan finds himself stranded at an airport due to a snowstorm. While waiting in line to book another flight, he meets Addison and her two children, Collin and Lizzy. This chance encounter sets in motion a chain of events that will change Nathan's life and permits him to unload the burdens of his past.

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Posted January 3, 2008

Great Book

Great book from start to finish. I couldn't put the book down. I read it in one day and will be purchasing the authors other books. Highly recommend this book

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Posted May 13, 2012

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Posted April 24, 2012

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LOVED this! One of the best that Evans has produced.

LOVED this! One of the best that Evans has produced.
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Posted January 10, 2011

this is a terriffic Chritmas book!

my friend told me about it and fom what she said I reallllly want to read it
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Anonymous

Posted January 2, 2010

Heart warming

Richard Paul Evans never fails to give life lessons as he entertains.
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Anonymous

Posted November 19, 2007

Evans has done it again!

Although it's a little sad, The Gift is another great story by Richard Paul Evans. I would love to see this made into a movie. Don't start reading this book late at night since you may want to stop only when you've read the whole book.
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Anonymous

Posted December 1, 2007

What a Book

I just could not put it down. My family and I drove 9 hours from Fort Wayne, IN to Rochester NY for Thanksgiving and on the way home I read the entire book... I just could not put it down. Someone said that Richard Paul Evans has done it again, I can say that again. Would love to see this one made into a Movie for the holiday season. Christmas is a big thing for my family and from the likes of it Richard is a big fan of the Christmas season too. Can't wait for the next book... Bring it on.!
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Posted January 2, 2008

Liked it a lot

I didn't think I would enjoy this book but I did. A friend passed it on to me and said it was a good book and that it would make me cry. I read it at leats once a day until I completed the book which didn't take too long. I did end up shedding a few tears at the end of the book and was glad the author included a peek into the lives of the characters after the last chapter. Good book and I recommend it.
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Anonymous

Posted November 26, 2007

Absolutly Powerful

I had this book for about a month before I started to read it. I could not put it down. I was pulled inot the book by each charachter as they came to life by the authors words. I read this book in 6 hours. It made me cry, laugh and feel for each charachter. I highly reccomend this title to anyone who needs a good read.
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Anonymous

Posted December 24, 2007

Feel good heart warming

Best book I have read in awhile. Read the book in one day could not but down!!
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Anonymous

Posted December 26, 2007

A Christmas Gift Indeed

Read this in three hours Christmas morning while my children slept and all was still. Found it uplifting and so inspiring. Can't wait to read his other books.
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Anonymous

Posted November 3, 2007

Touching

This book was great because it made you reflect on your life. i love collin and the relationship between addison and nathan. I was crying so hard when i finished the novel, it was so touching.
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Anonymous

Posted October 30, 2007

great story

richard paul evans is a great storyteller and is very touching and sad story and i hope he write more like that and keep up the good writing
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Anonymous

Posted December 6, 2007

Great book Hard to put down

I found this to be just as wonderful as Mr. Paul's other inspiring books. This is another one could not put down even when I had to. Love the story, characters are very lovable and you can connect with them easily. Can't wait for the next masterpiece from this brillant author.
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Posted December 13, 2007

I loved this book...

I read this book in one day, it was so heart warming and I really fell in love with the caracters. I could not put it donw. I think I will start reading his other novels, if this one is this good I wonder how good his other books are???
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