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A Simple Gift

A Simple Gift, September 2006
by Karyn Witmer

Dell
Featuring: Avery & Mike Montgomery; Fiona
432 pages
ISBN: 0553584251
EAN: 9780553584257
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"Beautifully written -- a story that can be read, appreciated, and enjoyed by all!"

Fresh Fiction Review

A Simple Gift
Karyn Witmer

Reviewed by Betty Cox
Posted September 13, 2006

Romance Contemporary

Fiona Montgomery dropped out of college, and over her parent's objections traded academia for a possible recording contract for the rock group she and her boyfriend were a part of, and when she left she took her mother's very expensive string of pearls. Her parting also created a chasm in her parent's marriage. Now, her return eighteen months later is causing that rift to grow much deeper. Avery Montgomery wants to be a part of her daughter's life again; Mike Montgomery is forcing his wife to choose between him and their daughter. But Fiona did not return to Larkin, Kansas alone; she has a five-month- old daughter named Samantha.

A SIMPLE GIFT is a very emotional story of a family in crisis. Fiona is ashamed of the way she left, and is afraid that her parents will be disappointed in her for having a child born out of wedlock. Avery has never given up on her daughter, and cannot understand how Mike can be so callous. But, perhaps Mike was hurt much worse by his daughter's leaving than Avery can understand.

Beautifully written, with real and defined characters, A SIMPLE GIFT is a story that can be read, appreciated, and enjoyed by readers of all ages.

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SUMMARY

Avery and Mike thought they had the perfect American family until their daughter ran away. Now Fiona's back in town...and nothing will ever be the same again.

Avery Montgomery's life changed forever in the checkout line at the Food-4-Less when she discovered her long-lost daughter, Fiona, working at the next register. Though Avery yearns to reestablish contact, Fiona has secrets and failures she can't bring herself to share with her mother - and especially with her father.

Finally forced to choose between her marriage to Mike and a future that includes their beloved only child, Avery struggles to heal the rift that is tearing her family apart. To do that, she must risk everything she cares about, confront the sorrows of the past, and rediscover the love that once bound her family together. Avery must reach out to her husband and her daughter to forge a bright new future - and she must do it through a simple gift conceived in love.


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