Winter's Gift

Written and Illustrated by Jane Donovan

It may be Christmas time but on a small, forlorn farm the holiday season is best forgotten, along with painful memories of loved ones lost. Mother nature has other plans, however, and a chance snowstorm brings together two unlikely hearts, one human and one horse, yet both yearning for comfort, companionship, and that most elusive gift of all, hope. This lustrous jewel of a story, quietly told and perfectly complemented by soft, evocative paintings, reminds even the most cynical of readers that the heart indeed can recover and go on.