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Book Review of A Simple Gift

A Simple Gift
A Simple Gift
Author: Karyn Witmer
Book Type: Hardcover
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Avery and Mike thought they had the perfect American family until their daughter ran away. Now Fionas back in town...and nothing will ever be the same again.

Avery Montgomerys 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 cant bring herself to share with her motherand 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 futureand she must do it through a simple gift conceived in love.