false 79106 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170963990m/79106.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170963990s/79106.jpg Brooklyn, 1952. It is Christmastime and a young sailor named Pete is home on leave, temporarily liberated from the specter of war in Korea. He’s back in the old neighborhood, discovering firsthand that the girl he left behind evidently meant what she said in the Dear John letter she sent him. He’s back in the dreary Seventh Avenue apartment that his mother can ill afford to decorate for the holidays. And he’s back facing off with Billy, the gruff Irish factory worker who is his father, yet seems forever a stranger--until, on Christmas Eve, Pete pays his first visit to Rattigan’s, the local bar where his father hangs out, the place where Billy seems most fully alive.

]]> 79106 5 76384 1973 The Gift: A Novel total:58|5:8|4:17|3:20|2:9|1:4| 58 190 109 12 44942 3.76 4741 1038 79696409 850075 79106 0316011894 9780316011891 12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170963990m/79106.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170963990s/79106.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/79106.The_Gift_A_Novel 3.28 58 Brooklyn, 1952. It is Christmastime and a young sailor named Pete is home on leave, temporarily liberated from the specter of war in Korea. He’s back in the old neighborhood, discovering firsthand that the girl he left behind evidently meant what she said in the Dear John letter she sent him. He’s back in the dreary Seventh Avenue apartment that his mother can ill afford to decorate for the holidays. And he’s back facing off with Billy, the gruff Irish factory worker who is his father, yet seems forever a stranger--until, on Christmas Eve, Pete pays his first visit to Rattigan’s, the local bar where his father hangs out, the place where Billy seems most fully alive.

]]> 1973 1 0 true Fri Dec 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 02 17:33:29 -0800 2009 Fri Dec 04 13:28:29 -0800 2009
I don't know what the point of this story was, but I think it was supposed to be touchingly sentimental -- and it failed. Whil...more...]]> 81063280 929238 79106 0316011894 9780316011891 12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170963990m/79106.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170963990s/79106.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/79106.The_Gift_A_Novel 3.28 58 Brooklyn, 1952. It is Christmastime and a young sailor named Pete is home on leave, temporarily liberated from the specter of war in Korea. He’s back in the old neighborhood, discovering firsthand that the girl he left behind evidently meant what she said in the Dear John letter she sent him. He’s back in the dreary Seventh Avenue apartment that his mother can ill afford to decorate for the holidays. And he’s back facing off with Billy, the gruff Irish factory worker who is his father, yet seems forever a stranger--until, on Christmas Eve, Pete pays his first visit to Rattigan’s, the local bar where his father hangs out, the place where Billy seems most fully alive.

]]> 1973 4 0 false Tue Dec 15 02:23:51 -0800 2009 Tue Dec 15 02:54:03 -0800 2009 more...]]> 78567663 2709678 79106 0316011894 9780316011891 12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170963990m/79106.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170963990s/79106.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/79106.The_Gift_A_Novel 3.28 58 Brooklyn, 1952. It is Christmastime and a young sailor named Pete is home on leave, temporarily liberated from the specter of war in Korea. He’s back in the old neighborhood, discovering firsthand that the girl he left behind evidently meant what she said in the Dear John letter she sent him. He’s back in the dreary Seventh Avenue apartment that his mother can ill afford to decorate for the holidays. And he’s back facing off with Billy, the gruff Irish factory worker who is his father, yet seems forever a stranger--until, on Christmas Eve, Pete pays his first visit to Rattigan’s, the local bar where his father hangs out, the place where Billy seems most fully alive.

]]> 1973 0 0 false Fri Nov 20 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 21 15:26:31 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 21 15:27:31 -0800 2009 40890867 1499789 79106 0316011894 9780316011891 12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170963990m/79106.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170963990s/79106.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/79106.The_Gift_A_Novel 3.28 58 Brooklyn, 1952. It is Christmastime and a young sailor named Pete is home on leave, temporarily liberated from the specter of war in Korea. He’s back in the old neighborhood, discovering firsthand that the girl he left behind evidently meant what she said in the Dear John letter she sent him. He’s back in the dreary Seventh Avenue apartment that his mother can ill afford to decorate for the holidays. And he’s back facing off with Billy, the gruff Irish factory worker who is his father, yet seems forever a stranger--until, on Christmas Eve, Pete pays his first visit to Rattigan’s, the local bar where his father hangs out, the place where Billy seems most fully alive.

]]> 1973 3 0 false Thu Dec 25 14:12:19 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 25 14:12:19 -0800 2008 39820557 602533 79106 0316011894 9780316011891 12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170963990m/79106.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170963990s/79106.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/79106.The_Gift_A_Novel 3.28 58 Brooklyn, 1952. It is Christmastime and a young sailor named Pete is home on leave, temporarily liberated from the specter of war in Korea. He’s back in the old neighborhood, discovering firsthand that the girl he left behind evidently meant what she said in the Dear John letter she sent him. He’s back in the dreary Seventh Avenue apartment that his mother can ill afford to decorate for the holidays. And he’s back facing off with Billy, the gruff Irish factory worker who is his father, yet seems forever a stranger--until, on Christmas Eve, Pete pays his first visit to Rattigan’s, the local bar where his father hangs out, the place where Billy seems most fully alive.

]]> 1973 5 0 false Wed Dec 10 17:05:09 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 10 17:06:46 -0800 2008 75632436 2874591 79106 0316011894 9780316011891 12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170963990m/79106.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170963990s/79106.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/79106.The_Gift_A_Novel 3.28 58 Brooklyn, 1952. It is Christmastime and a young sailor named Pete is home on leave, temporarily liberated from the specter of war in Korea. He’s back in the old neighborhood, discovering firsthand that the girl he left behind evidently meant what she said in the Dear John letter she sent him. He’s back in the dreary Seventh Avenue apartment that his mother can ill afford to decorate for the holidays. And he’s back facing off with Billy, the gruff Irish factory worker who is his father, yet seems forever a stranger--until, on Christmas Eve, Pete pays his first visit to Rattigan’s, the local bar where his father hangs out, the place where Billy seems most fully alive.

]]> 1973 0 0 false Sat Oct 24 19:47:40 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 24 19:48:24 -0700 2009 ]]> 44114095 686332 79106 0316011894 9780316011891 12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170963990m/79106.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170963990s/79106.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/79106.The_Gift_A_Novel 3.28 58 Brooklyn, 1952. It is Christmastime and a young sailor named Pete is home on leave, temporarily liberated from the specter of war in Korea. He’s back in the old neighborhood, discovering firsthand that the girl he left behind evidently meant what she said in the Dear John letter she sent him. He’s back in the dreary Seventh Avenue apartment that his mother can ill afford to decorate for the holidays. And he’s back facing off with Billy, the gruff Irish factory worker who is his father, yet seems forever a stranger--until, on Christmas Eve, Pete pays his first visit to Rattigan’s, the local bar where his father hangs out, the place where Billy seems most fully alive.

]]> 1973 4 0 false Fri Jan 30 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 23 17:16:12 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 30 08:09:01 -0800 2009 80413061 1905303 79106 0316011894 9780316011891 12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170963990m/79106.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170963990s/79106.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/79106.The_Gift_A_Novel 3.28 58 Brooklyn, 1952. It is Christmastime and a young sailor named Pete is home on leave, temporarily liberated from the specter of war in Korea. He’s back in the old neighborhood, discovering firsthand that the girl he left behind evidently meant what she said in the Dear John letter she sent him. He’s back in the dreary Seventh Avenue apartment that his mother can ill afford to decorate for the holidays. And he’s back facing off with Billy, the gruff Irish factory worker who is his father, yet seems forever a stranger--until, on Christmas Eve, Pete pays his first visit to Rattigan’s, the local bar where his father hangs out, the place where Billy seems most fully alive.

]]> 1973 1 0 false Tue Dec 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 09 09:31:44 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 09 09:32:21 -0800 2009 38486850 418191 79106 0316011894 9780316011891 12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170963990m/79106.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170963990s/79106.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/79106.The_Gift_A_Novel 3.28 58 Brooklyn, 1952. It is Christmastime and a young sailor named Pete is home on leave, temporarily liberated from the specter of war in Korea. He’s back in the old neighborhood, discovering firsthand that the girl he left behind evidently meant what she said in the Dear John letter she sent him. He’s back in the dreary Seventh Avenue apartment that his mother can ill afford to decorate for the holidays. And he’s back facing off with Billy, the gruff Irish factory worker who is his father, yet seems forever a stranger--until, on Christmas Eve, Pete pays his first visit to Rattigan’s, the local bar where his father hangs out, the place where Billy seems most fully alive.

]]> 1973 4 0 false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 23 17:21:46 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 02 14:09:28 -0800 2008 38610889 409348 79106 0316011894 9780316011891 12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170963990m/79106.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170963990s/79106.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/79106.The_Gift_A_Novel 3.28 58 Brooklyn, 1952. It is Christmastime and a young sailor named Pete is home on leave, temporarily liberated from the specter of war in Korea. He’s back in the old neighborhood, discovering firsthand that the girl he left behind evidently meant what she said in the Dear John letter she sent him. He’s back in the dreary Seventh Avenue apartment that his mother can ill afford to decorate for the holidays. And he’s back facing off with Billy, the gruff Irish factory worker who is his father, yet seems forever a stranger--until, on Christmas Eve, Pete pays his first visit to Rattigan’s, the local bar where his father hangs out, the place where Billy seems most fully alive.

]]> 1973 4 0 false Tue Dec 09 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 25 07:28:06 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 09 15:50:49 -0800 2008 27223599 350218 79106 0316011894 9780316011891 12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170963990m/79106.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170963990s/79106.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/79106.The_Gift_A_Novel 3.28 58 Brooklyn, 1952. It is Christmastime and a young sailor named Pete is home on leave, temporarily liberated from the specter of war in Korea. He’s back in the old neighborhood, discovering firsthand that the girl he left behind evidently meant what she said in the Dear John letter she sent him. He’s back in the dreary Seventh Avenue apartment that his mother can ill afford to decorate for the holidays. And he’s back facing off with Billy, the gruff Irish factory worker who is his father, yet seems forever a stranger--until, on Christmas Eve, Pete pays his first visit to Rattigan’s, the local bar where his father hangs out, the place where Billy seems most fully alive.

]]> 1973 2 0 false Mon Jul 14 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 14 12:01:55 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 14 12:27:49 -0700 2008 Snow in August, Hamill's semi-fantasy about a young Catholic boy's friendship with an aging Jewish rabbi and the transformative power of their unusual bonding, so I expected more. Perhaps I expected too much. This is a coming-of-age story set during Christmastime, ...more...]]> 36575145 833530 79106 0316011894 9780316011891 12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170963990m/79106.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170963990s/79106.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/79106.The_Gift_A_Novel 3.28 58 Brooklyn, 1952. It is Christmastime and a young sailor named Pete is home on leave, temporarily liberated from the specter of war in Korea. He’s back in the old neighborhood, discovering firsthand that the girl he left behind evidently meant what she said in the Dear John letter she sent him. He’s back in the dreary Seventh Avenue apartment that his mother can ill afford to decorate for the holidays. And he’s back facing off with Billy, the gruff Irish factory worker who is his father, yet seems forever a stranger--until, on Christmas Eve, Pete pays his first visit to Rattigan’s, the local bar where his father hangs out, the place where Billy seems most fully alive.

]]> 1973 2 0 false Thu Nov 13 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Oct 30 14:15:33 -0700 2008 Thu Nov 13 08:51:59 -0800 2008 1 half.com for $.99!!!!
This book was just okay for me. Coarse crude language. Not the "warm, fuzzy" Christmas story I go for this time of year.]]> 81965738 3063279 79106 0316011894 9780316011891 12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170963990m/79106.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170963990s/79106.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/79106.The_Gift_A_Novel 3.28 58 Brooklyn, 1952. It is Christmastime and a young sailor named Pete is home on leave, temporarily liberated from the specter of war in Korea. He’s back in the old neighborhood, discovering firsthand that the girl he left behind evidently meant what she said in the Dear John letter she sent him. He’s back in the dreary Seventh Avenue apartment that his mother can ill afford to decorate for the holidays. And he’s back facing off with Billy, the gruff Irish factory worker who is his father, yet seems forever a stranger--until, on Christmas Eve, Pete pays his first visit to Rattigan’s, the local bar where his father hangs out, the place where Billy seems most fully alive.

]]> 1973 0 0 false Thu Dec 24 13:49:38 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 24 13:49:38 -0800 2009 81004644 2484799 79106 0316011894 9780316011891 12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170963990m/79106.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170963990s/79106.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/79106.The_Gift_A_Novel 3.28 58 Brooklyn, 1952. It is Christmastime and a young sailor named Pete is home on leave, temporarily liberated from the specter of war in Korea. He’s back in the old neighborhood, discovering firsthand that the girl he left behind evidently meant what she said in the Dear John letter she sent him. He’s back in the dreary Seventh Avenue apartment that his mother can ill afford to decorate for the holidays. And he’s back facing off with Billy, the gruff Irish factory worker who is his father, yet seems forever a stranger--until, on Christmas Eve, Pete pays his first visit to Rattigan’s, the local bar where his father hangs out, the place where Billy seems most fully alive.

]]> 1973 3 0 false Mon Dec 14 14:31:47 -0800 2009 Mon Dec 14 14:32:03 -0800 2009 80741522 2172711 79106 0316011894 9780316011891 12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170963990m/79106.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170963990s/79106.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/79106.The_Gift_A_Novel 3.28 58 Brooklyn, 1952. It is Christmastime and a young sailor named Pete is home on leave, temporarily liberated from the specter of war in Korea. He’s back in the old neighborhood, discovering firsthand that the girl he left behind evidently meant what she said in the Dear John letter she sent him. He’s back in the dreary Seventh Avenue apartment that his mother can ill afford to decorate for the holidays. And he’s back facing off with Billy, the gruff Irish factory worker who is his father, yet seems forever a stranger--until, on Christmas Eve, Pete pays his first visit to Rattigan’s, the local bar where his father hangs out, the place where Billy seems most fully alive.

]]> 1973 2 0 false Tue Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Dec 12 04:16:45 -0800 2009 Sat Dec 12 04:18:14 -0800 2009 80414378 3025799 79106 0316011894 9780316011891 12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170963990m/79106.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170963990s/79106.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/79106.The_Gift_A_Novel 3.28 58 Brooklyn, 1952. It is Christmastime and a young sailor named Pete is home on leave, temporarily liberated from the specter of war in Korea. He’s back in the old neighborhood, discovering firsthand that the girl he left behind evidently meant what she said in the Dear John letter she sent him. He’s back in the dreary Seventh Avenue apartment that his mother can ill afford to decorate for the holidays. And he’s back facing off with Billy, the gruff Irish factory worker who is his father, yet seems forever a stranger--until, on Christmas Eve, Pete pays his first visit to Rattigan’s, the local bar where his father hangs out, the place where Billy seems most fully alive.

]]> 1973 1 0 false Wed Dec 09 09:41:52 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 09 09:41:52 -0800 2009 80086630 2920421 79106 0316011894 9780316011891 12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170963990m/79106.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170963990s/79106.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/79106.The_Gift_A_Novel 3.28 58 Brooklyn, 1952. It is Christmastime and a young sailor named Pete is home on leave, temporarily liberated from the specter of war in Korea. He’s back in the old neighborhood, discovering firsthand that the girl he left behind evidently meant what she said in the Dear John letter she sent him. He’s back in the dreary Seventh Avenue apartment that his mother can ill afford to decorate for the holidays. And he’s back facing off with Billy, the gruff Irish factory worker who is his father, yet seems forever a stranger--until, on Christmas Eve, Pete pays his first visit to Rattigan’s, the local bar where his father hangs out, the place where Billy seems most fully alive.

]]> 1973 3 0 false Sun Dec 06 12:39:49 -0800 2009 Sun Dec 06 12:39:49 -0800 2009 79373824 2848729 79106 0316011894 9780316011891 12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170963990m/79106.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170963990s/79106.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/79106.The_Gift_A_Novel 3.28 58 Brooklyn, 1952. It is Christmastime and a young sailor named Pete is home on leave, temporarily liberated from the specter of war in Korea. He’s back in the old neighborhood, discovering firsthand that the girl he left behind evidently meant what she said in the Dear John letter she sent him. He’s back in the dreary Seventh Avenue apartment that his mother can ill afford to decorate for the holidays. And he’s back facing off with Billy, the gruff Irish factory worker who is his father, yet seems forever a stranger--until, on Christmas Eve, Pete pays his first visit to Rattigan’s, the local bar where his father hangs out, the place where Billy seems most fully alive.

]]> 1973 5 0 false Sun Nov 29 22:47:19 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 29 22:47:19 -0800 2009 78628224 1538380 79106 0316011894 9780316011891 12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170963990m/79106.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170963990s/79106.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/79106.The_Gift_A_Novel 3.28 58 Brooklyn, 1952. It is Christmastime and a young sailor named Pete is home on leave, temporarily liberated from the specter of war in Korea. He’s back in the old neighborhood, discovering firsthand that the girl he left behind evidently meant what she said in the Dear John letter she sent him. He’s back in the dreary Seventh Avenue apartment that his mother can ill afford to decorate for the holidays. And he’s back facing off with Billy, the gruff Irish factory worker who is his father, yet seems forever a stranger--until, on Christmas Eve, Pete pays his first visit to Rattigan’s, the local bar where his father hangs out, the place where Billy seems most fully alive.

]]> 1973 0 0 false Sun Nov 22 09:09:15 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 22 09:09:15 -0800 2009 77474165 2339366 79106 0316011894 9780316011891 12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170963990m/79106.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170963990s/79106.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/79106.The_Gift_A_Novel 3.28 58 Brooklyn, 1952. It is Christmastime and a young sailor named Pete is home on leave, temporarily liberated from the specter of war in Korea. He’s back in the old neighborhood, discovering firsthand that the girl he left behind evidently meant what she said in the Dear John letter she sent him. He’s back in the dreary Seventh Avenue apartment that his mother can ill afford to decorate for the holidays. And he’s back facing off with Billy, the gruff Irish factory worker who is his father, yet seems forever a stranger--until, on Christmas Eve, Pete pays his first visit to Rattigan’s, the local bar where his father hangs out, the place where Billy seems most fully alive.

]]> 1973 0 0 false Wed Nov 11 14:49:57 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 11 14:49:57 -0800 2009 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=79106