Excerpt from The Gifts of the Child Christ, Vol. 1 of 2: And Other Tales
Beside him sat his wife, in her new winter bonnet, her pretty face turned up toward the preacher; but her eyes - nothing else revealed that she was not listening. She was much younger than her husband - hardly twenty, indeed.
In the upper corner of the pew sat a pale faced child about five, sucking her thumb, and staring at the preacher.
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| ISBN: | 9780243262281 |
| Publication date: | 30th July 2018 |
| Author: | George Mac Donald |
| Publisher: | Forgotten Books an imprint of Fb&c Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 294 pages |
| Genres: |
Children’s / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction |