Summary
This is a moving story of the power of the simple gift of love, written by Pulitzer and Nobel Prize-winning author Pearl S. Buck (The Good Earth).
On Christmas Eve, a man recalls the holiday many years ago when he gave his father, a struggling farmer, a most-appreciated gift: the boy rose extra early to do his father’s biggest chore, the milking. Buehner’s inky, starlit winter skies and rustic barn revealed by lantern light transport readers to a hushed and humble setting, reminiscent of the manger. HarperCollins (2002).