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This story is set at Christmas time in 1943. Patrick Collins is 7 years old, and has just lost his mother in a car accident. His father is in England, a fighter pilot who is missing in action. He wants the Army to find his father, and he wants to leave his grandfather's house, who is a bitter and grumpy man. He had a falling out with his son Shawn, Patrick's father, before Patrick was born and has never met his grandson, until the social worker brings Patrick to him, to stay until his father is
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This is a sweet WWII Christmas story that will warm your spirit as a little boy heals an old man's wounded heart.
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I have heard about this book for a while, so when I was looking for a Christmas audiobook and saw this one on Scribd, I decided to give it a shot. I will say that I struggled a bit early on with one character. He has a good bit of anger and is rather harsh (no cursing or anything like that.. just harsh in tone). I listened to this book and I think that added to the level of harshness. Reading it might well temper it a bit and not be as difficult. BUT despite that.. I pushed through and am so gla
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