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HarperCollins
December 2003
On Sale: December 23, 2003
Featuring: Mr. Ives
256 pages
ISBN: 0060927542
EAN: 9780060927547
Paperback
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Fiction
Hijuelos' novel tells the story of Mr. Ives, who was adopted
from a foundling's home as a child. When we first meet him
in the 1950s, Mr. Ives is very much a product of his time.
He has a successful career in advertising, a wife and two
children, and believes he is on his way to pursuing the
typical American dream. But the dream is shattered when his
son Robert, who is studying for the priesthood, is killed
violently at Christmas. Overwhelmed by grief and threatened
by a loss of faith in humankind, Mr. Ives begins to question
the very foundations of his life. Part love story--of a man
for his wife, for his children, for God--and part meditation
on how a person can find spiritual peace in the midst of
crisis, Mr. Ives' Christmas is a beautifully written, tender
and passionate story of a man trying to put his life in
perspective. In the expert hands of Oscar Hijuelos, the
novel speaks eloquently to the most basic and fulfilling
aspects of life for all of us.
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