I considered not writing a review for this book because I don’t want to give anything away, and the only way to truly explain why I love this book is to write about all of it.  I’m going to do my best, though.

This is one of my go-to holiday books.  I’ve been reading this book once a year for at least the last 7 years.  I don’t care that I know what’s going to happen – this is a tradition, and I think about the message of the book differently every single time.

It’s a classic holiday tale – sort of a cross between Dickens’s A Christmas Carol or “It’s a Wonderful Life.”  Christmas focused, a little bit of magic, a little redemption.  The thing is, I love the way Ahern starts it out:

“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.” 

This book is a story about time, and how precious it is.  So, my friends, go spend your time wisely, because we never have enough.