I picked up this book not realizing that it took place during Christmas, but it made for a perfect December read. Such an honest and beautifully written novella. 

 “…He found himself asking was there any point in being alive without helping one another? Was it possible to carry on along through all the years, the decades, through an entire life, without once being brave enough to go against what was there and yet call yourself a Christian, and face yourself in the mirror?”