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The Gift

A Short Story

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The Gift

By: Freida McFadden
Narrated by: Alyson Krawchuk
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It’s Christmas Eve and Stella Hansen is broke. She is so broke that despite working two jobs, she can’t even afford a present for her husband on their first Christmas as man and wife. But then a mysterious storekeeper at a pawn shop offers Stella an intriguing trade. Stella wants more than anything to buy her husband the Christmas gift of his dreams. But will it come at a terrible price?

©2022 Freida McFadden (P)2023 Hollywood Upstairs Press Genre Fiction Holidays Psychological Suspense Thriller & Suspense Marriage Fiction Winter Christmas
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I was really getting into this story but it finished after approximately 50 minutes…so disappointing!

So short

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Good story and interesting plot twist but it’s a shame the story is 45mine long. Narrator was good

Good v v short story

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It was only a short story but I had to pay for it or use my credit for it and it was not great tbh wish I hadn’t bothered !!!

The gift !!!

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Enjoyable short story with an eerie undertone and a good twist! Well worth a listen!
Not sure why people have left bad reviews based on the length of the book which seems unfair.

Great short story with eerie undertone

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This book was a complete waste of my credit it's one hour long and should not be described as a book as it is a short short story.

terrible shirt story, waste of a credit.

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