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Mitchard, Jacqueline. Christmas, Present.(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Article)
Nov. 2003. 144p. HarperCollins, $14.95 (0-06-056557-8).
It's Christmas, and Elliot and Laura are driving home from celebrating their fourteenth wedding anniversary when their car breaks down. As they wait for a tow truck, Laura suddenly cries out in pain and begs to go to the hospital, saying that her head feels as though it's on fire. Elliot sits in the hospital, baffled by his wife's uncharacteristic response to what he's sure is only a migraine. Then the doctor arrives and gently informs him that an aneurysm has burst, and Laura will die in a matter of hours. Numb with shock and grief, ...
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