Let yourself go back in time - more specifically in the year 1943
during the 2nd world war. In this book you will get a multitude of
details related to the time where things were though and all the
resources were concentrated on the war. You will see how coupons
were used for food and how you could get more meat just by saving
the fat and bring it back to the butcher. You will experience the
loss of a mother, the missing in action father, the strained
relationship with a grand-father that you never knew and the
discovery of a beautiful wooden toy.
This story will dig out the resentment a father has against his
own son and his wife to discover that he was wrong during all these
years. And it took the disappearance of this son, the letters of
his daughter-in-law as well as a grand-son who runs away in the
midst of a major snowstorm to melt the anger away. And from that
point on, the grand-father is changed from the inside out.
A wonderful neighbour and a lady from the children's service are
also a delight to discover. They embrace the little boy and
encourage him to do unto others what he would like to be done to
him. And so, he takes on to please his grand-father but it is a
hard thing to do since his grand-father is so distant and grumpy.
Nevertheless, he tries, gets discourage and decides to leave...
Lost in the storm, he will be saved by a gentle stranger who will
bring him to safety. While this is happening in town, half-way
around the world, another Christmas miracles is happening.
The whole story is spanned on a five days period - from December
20th to the 25th to be exact. Only God could have weaved such a
miracle in the lives of these people.
I enjoyed the story very much. It kept me wanting to read more and
the way it finishes it makes me wonder what other adventure these
characters will experience. I love historical fiction and this one
is absolutely special since it is set during the Christmas season.
After I turned the last page of the book, I saw an announcement for
a sequel titled The Homecoming set to be released in June 2010. I
am looking forward to read the sequel just to discover what will
happens to all the characters I have learned to love throughout the
pages of the Unfinished Gift.