The Gift

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Nos encontramos con Lou Suffern, una especie de Don Draper (Mad Men en TV), que vive por y para el trabajo, dejando sus obligaciones familiares de lado, …… hasta que un día encuentra a un vagabundo por la calle, y tras una breve charla decide ofrecerle un puesto de trabajo en su empresa. It's not a happy Christmas book, its not about much more than a man and his poor choices, and being given a little time to figure out his priorities, it was beautiful and painful and funny, and will make you reflect on your own choices...

The Gift by Cecelia Ahern | Waterstones

The ending of Lou’s story gives a twist that you may be expecting, or not. It all reminded me a little of ‘Tales of the Unexpected.’ VerdictDespite the book being set at Christmas, this really has no impact on the story at all. It is used to hammer home the moral message; Christmas is a time for forgiveness and to be with your family. So the yuletide theme should not put any readers off reading it at any time during the year, as the moral tone stands alone.

The Gift | Cecelia Ahern

One frigid morning in an uncharacteristic burst of generosity, he buys a cup of coffee for Gabe, a homeless man huddled outside his office building. Inspired by his own unexpected act of kindness, Lou decides to prolong his charitable streak and contrives to get Gabe a job in his company's mailroom. But when Gabe begins to meddle in Lou's life, the helping hand appears to be a serious mistake. Gabe seems to know more about Lou than Lou does about himself, and, perhaps more disturbingly, Gabe always seems to be in two places at once. Unbeknownst to Lou is that decision would change his life as he knew it and time will soon become precious as he receives a huge wake up call all the while feeling anxious about Gabe. What will he learn? What values will he be left with? Lo que sigue es más o menos como os podéis imaginar. Gabe, el vagabundo, le hará comprender lo equivocado de sus prioridades, y cómo debe valorar el tiempo en detrimento de la codicia, para disfrutar de la vida y hacer felices a aquellos que le quieren. I really enjoyed this book, if mostly for the narrator. The story was based around Christmas time and we get a look at the joys of Christmas celebrations Dublin style. The imagery is just right and although the minor characters are not written in too much detail, it doesn’t really matter. The focus is mainly on Lou and Gabe.I was gonna post this on the night of 25th, right when I finished the book (literally eating it up in one setting), but the internet is flimsy here right now due to political reasons. One cold winter morning he stops outside his office building to give his coffee to a beggar, Gabe. Later he offers Gabe a job in the company’s post room. Miss Ahern wrote about today's everyday person living in a modern world where careers are so very important and spun it into a magical story that I had no idea that it was headed in the direction it did.

The Gift Quotes by Cecelia Ahern - Goodreads The Gift Quotes by Cecelia Ahern - Goodreads

People, like houses, hold their secrets. Sometimes the secrets inhabit them, and sometimes people inhabit their secrets. They wrap their arms tight to hug them close, twist their lying tongues around the truth. But, like gravy left overnight, the truth is a thin layer of film that forms and covers the surface. The truth prevails, rises above all else. It squirms and wriggles inside, grows until the swollen tongue can’t wrap itself around the lie any longer, until the time comes when it needs to spit the words out and send truth flying through the air and crashing into the world like…well, like a frozen dead bird through a living room window. Truth and time always work alongside each other.” But soon Lou begins to regret helping Gabe. His very presence unsettles Lou and how does Gabe appear to be in two places at the same time? But, one day, although completely out of character for Lou, he buys a homeless man named Gabe a cup of coffee, which eventually leads him to help Gabe get a job in the Mailroom. The more he is around Gabe, the more noticeable it is that Gabe has this uncanny ability to get from one place to another in record time. It was December 2007, I’d just attended the LA premier for the PS I Love You movie and had moved on to NY to promote the film and the re-released book. NY was covered in Christmas decorations, a fast busy noisy city that’s always vibrant and alive, and so the location and the timing inspired the time of year, the setting and the rhythm of The Gift. I was also working on Samantha Who? and was preparing to publish Thanks for the Memories. I was also preparing to work on a one-woman theatre show called Mrs Whippy and there were other shows I was developing at the same time. Despite the excitement and the huge joy all of these projects were bringing me, it was impossible not to feel pulled in so many different directions. I was living off schedules and deadlines, which is the norm for me, but there were many schedules for different projects at the same time and I was really feeling it. I also felt that the rhythm in Ireland was particularly intense, that a certain population was living life to the max, moving at a crazy pace. Without wanting to sound weird, I’m sensitive to energies and I felt the fast pace intensely.I found that book today on a bookself and it reminded me of some great time I had during reading it... This sounds like a good book Anne. Audible is on my list of things to try this year. I know quite a few who use it and they all say how good it is. I loathed Lou, the main character throughout most of the book. I thought he was a pretentious bastard, quite frankly. It was rather evident from the beginning that Lou only considered his own happiness important. But as the book reads on Lou is taught some valuable lessons, and nearing the end of the book I actually came to like Lou a little bit. They were born as soon as I had the idea, I don’t recall considering using other characters to tell the story because the story was theirs to tell. I knew it was a story about bad versus good, about the good and bad that exists within all of us. Lou represents Lucifer and Gabe represents Gabriel. Lucifer v Gabe. Two sides of the same coin.

Cecelia Ahern - NetGalley In a Thousand Different Ways | Cecelia Ahern - NetGalley

Businessman Lou Suffern always has to be in two places at the same time. He catches the beginning of one meeting or function so that he can be there at the end of another. His womanising and drinking ways mean Lou spends even less time with his wife and two small children. The message, however, is pointed and universal, no matter what time of year, or what circumstances we are living in. For that reason, I'm glad I read the book!! 🎄La historia como digo no está mal, esperaba bastante más siendo de Cecelia, sus dos anteriores novelas que había leído me habían enamorado y ésta no ha llegado a ese nivel. Me ha gustado el mensaje de la historia, pero se me ha hecho un poquitín largo y dar vueltas a lo mismo cuándo podría haber sido más directa y haber puesto más Navidad, ese era el propósito de esta lectura al fin y al cabo. While the blurb and cover points to a traditional holiday read with lots of holiday goodwill and cheer, with warm and fuzzy endings- be warned - this is more of a sentimental tearjerker. There are plenty of other holiday movies and books that read this way and many people love them, but I'm more of a guaranteed happy ending person- especially right now. I loved the beginning how it starts off on one story that I thought the book was about but ends up being taking you down a whole different route. I was just disappointed with this book, I thought it was going to be a nice happy read but I just hated the main character and I just couldn't wait for the book be over. I don't think I've ever felt so much hatred towards a character but his personality and actions really ruined the book for me and I just didn't care whether or not he would end up choosing his family because they clearly didn't deserve him.