{"product_id":"9780996046053","title":"Best of All Gifts","description":"Jonquil Bloom excels in helping customers choose good gifts at a department store but her job takes a turn when her chief detractor becomes her assistant. Will these two women find a way to work calmly side by side?\u003cbr\u003e At home, Jonquil's ten-year-old son is growing up without a father like she did. He yearns to have a man he can look up to in the family. The general contractor Jonquil is dating might be the one. He wants to marry her, but when they draw closer to each other she hesitates. Wounds from past losses have left deep scars. Can he persuade her to trust in their future happiness together?\u003cbr\u003e A trip with her son to Ireland offers Jonquil a brief escape. During the visit with her wise grandmother, they speculate on the whereabouts of Jonquil's father before the Blooms return home. Yet, it is in fact her long-lost father who spots Jonquil on a television talk show and decides the time has come to make amends. Then, her son contracts a frightening disease and her spirit darkens until trial and transformation lead her to the best of all gifts.\u003cbr\u003e Set in Southern California the late 1990s, Best of All Gifts seamlessly continues the story of romance and family drama begun in The Gift Counselor, illuminating new spiritual and psychological insights about gift giving in an entertaining read. Fans of the pert woman with the knack for helping people become good gift givers will enjoy this sequel, particularly the detailed gift counseling sessions. New readers will delight in this uplifting story's twists and turns.","brand":"Sheila M. Cronin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49792059212016,"sku":"9780996046053","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780996046053","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}