The Gift by Cecelia Ahern-Review
Cecelia Ahern took the world by storm with the release of 'P.S. I Love You',which has since been adapted to a movie. And she has released five additional books since, her latest being 'The Gift'; released just before Christmas and presented accordingly.
'The Gift' is told as a story within a story, the first being that of a young troubled boy, the second of Lou; a workaholic father. Both characters have one thing in common; they both lack appreciation of their families. The story begins one Christmas morning when the young troubled boy throws a turkey through his father's family's window, and so for obvious reasons is referred to as 'The Turkey Boy'. The shattered glass from the window reportedly may have harmed the family's newborn baby and so 'The Turkey Boy' is sent to the police station for questioning; where he meets Sergeant Raphael O'Reilly. Upon some brief questioning Sergeant Raphael O'Reilly, otherwise known as 'Raphie', sees hope for the young boy, and so launches into the story of Lou; the workaholic. Lou works for a powerful real-estate company and is therefore very occupied at work, having little time for his family. On his way to work one morning he meets a homeless man named Gabe, whom he quickly grows intrigued by and as a result gets him a small job in the office's mailing room. But Lou becomes disconcerted by Gabe's supernatural powers-which I won't reveal-especially when Gabe begins to share them with him. However Gabe is good at heart and is only doing what's best for Lou, but has Lou left things too late? Will his family ever grow to forgive the pain he cast upon them? And what's to come of 'The Turkey Boy'?
Cecelia is very observant and has a natural gift for storytelling. The ending she weaves for 'The Gift' is both hopeful and unexpected, guaranteed to shock even the most hard at heart.
'The Gift' is told as a story within a story, the first being that of a young troubled boy, the second of Lou; a workaholic father. Both characters have one thing in common; they both lack appreciation of their families. The story begins one Christmas morning when the young troubled boy throws a turkey through his father's family's window, and so for obvious reasons is referred to as 'The Turkey Boy'. The shattered glass from the window reportedly may have harmed the family's newborn baby and so 'The Turkey Boy' is sent to the police station for questioning; where he meets Sergeant Raphael O'Reilly. Upon some brief questioning Sergeant Raphael O'Reilly, otherwise known as 'Raphie', sees hope for the young boy, and so launches into the story of Lou; the workaholic. Lou works for a powerful real-estate company and is therefore very occupied at work, having little time for his family. On his way to work one morning he meets a homeless man named Gabe, whom he quickly grows intrigued by and as a result gets him a small job in the office's mailing room. But Lou becomes disconcerted by Gabe's supernatural powers-which I won't reveal-especially when Gabe begins to share them with him. However Gabe is good at heart and is only doing what's best for Lou, but has Lou left things too late? Will his family ever grow to forgive the pain he cast upon them? And what's to come of 'The Turkey Boy'?
Cecelia is very observant and has a natural gift for storytelling. The ending she weaves for 'The Gift' is both hopeful and unexpected, guaranteed to shock even the most hard at heart.
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