The Christkindl's Gift (Morgan, Kathleen) [Hardcover]

Kathleen Morgan (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 2004

When Anna Hannack's father-in-law brings home a wounded stranger only days before Christmas, Anna's not happy. Christian charity moves the Hannack family to help the injured man, but the young widow Anna keeps her distance. The tragedies of life have shattered her trust, and she's determined not to let another stranger threaten her family. Could it be, though, that this rugged Scotsman is actually the gift Anna's young children have asked of the Christ child this Christmas?

Product Details

• Hardcover: 176 pages
• Publisher: Revell (September 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0800718712
• ISBN-13: 978-0800718718
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.7 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,209,576 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not her best!, December 22, 2004

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Mrs Debarr (Maine USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Christkindl's Gift (Morgan, Kathleen) (Hardcover)

First of all I wanted to like this book, and not just because I paid fifteen dollars for it. I loved Daughter of Joy and Woman of Grace. It is a novella with the typical story line-- a young widow with children at Christmas, they want a new Dad, a stranger lands on their doorstep (actually brought to it by her father-in-law)she lost her husband to strangers but takes him in anyway against her better judgment, nurses him back to health,and the rest is predictable. That is not my problem with it. Ian Sutherland is a dreamy Scotsman and believable but Anna is prickly and not likable due to a traumatic past, she definitely lusts after Ian (this is a Christian book right, I could have lived with out that whole lusting scene) and then she tells him her horrendous past which she never shared with her very devoted first husband, I found that hard to swallow. I also found their falling in love to be ho hum. Ms Morgan can write good deep satisfying novels but in my opinion this was not one of them!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Christmas entertainment for the price of the stamps., December 8, 2008

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Harold Wolf "Doc" (Wells, IN United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Christkindl's Gift (Morgan, Kathleen) (Hardcover)

Following the German tradition, 2 fatherless children, write a letter to Christkindl (Christ Child) asking for a new father for Christmas. That requires the widow mother to accept this man as well, but the kids keep their request a secret. Predictable ending? Yes. But the journey through the pages is a delight. Changing emotions and conditions create abundant hurdles to overcome.

If you want a deep study of the Christmas holiday, and how that impacts other cultures (in this book's case it is Rocky Mountain farmers, German, and Scottish) this book is not it. This book is pure entertainment with a happy ending, JUST LIKE MOST OF US WANT FOR OUR CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY. It will get you in the Christmas spirit. My wife and I both enjoyed this quick read.

4.0 out of 5 stars The Christkindl's Gift, January 19, 2011

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Linda Maran (Brooklyn, New York United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Christkindl's Gift (Morgan, Kathleen) (Hardcover)

Young widowed Anna Hannack has a challenge to face, both in her heart and in her trust in God's protection, when an injured stranger is found near her home in the bitter cold by her father-in-law. Having lost her husband to thieves and violence, she is petrified having the stranger heal in their home, especially having two young children to worry about. But her father-in-law feels it is the Christian thing to do, and she reluctantly abides. As the days go by, she comes to see that Ian Sutherland, a Scotsman, is kind, helpful and even humorous. Still, she keeps her guard up. Not until she is faced with an unexpected incident nearing Christmas Eve, does she find her own healing and future happiness, and accepts God's Christmas gift for her and her family.