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A review by saarahnina
The Gift by Lisa Mondello
5.0
The gift of kindness
This book enhances the message of 'money cannot buy happiness' and that the truly perfect gift is one that comes from the heart. The story begins with Allison finding an envelope on the sidewalk. She picks it up to read the card attached: a five year old asking for a bed. She understood how this feels, she had been in the same situation for quite some time. So, her charitable heart makes a promise to help this child...
Derek Holden, a hot shot business man sees her taking hold of the envelope-that he had dropped-he had placed a lot of money in it. So, what does he do? He accuses her of stealing, even when she assures him that she didn't see any money in it.
And from there, quite surprisingly, a beautiful friendship develops. Derek befriends the epitome of human kindness. Allison befriends Derek, the man who is distrustful of human kindness. I appreciated the story and the lesson which came with it.
Lisa Mondello has a way of writing dialogue between characters humourous and cleverly, but subtly, witty. There aren't many authors who go the extra step to make a story entertaining, most authors just emphasize a lesson.
This book enhances the message of 'money cannot buy happiness' and that the truly perfect gift is one that comes from the heart. The story begins with Allison finding an envelope on the sidewalk. She picks it up to read the card attached: a five year old asking for a bed. She understood how this feels, she had been in the same situation for quite some time. So, her charitable heart makes a promise to help this child...
Derek Holden, a hot shot business man sees her taking hold of the envelope-that he had dropped-he had placed a lot of money in it. So, what does he do? He accuses her of stealing, even when she assures him that she didn't see any money in it.
And from there, quite surprisingly, a beautiful friendship develops. Derek befriends the epitome of human kindness. Allison befriends Derek, the man who is distrustful of human kindness. I appreciated the story and the lesson which came with it.
Lisa Mondello has a way of writing dialogue between characters humourous and cleverly, but subtly, witty. There aren't many authors who go the extra step to make a story entertaining, most authors just emphasize a lesson.