One December Morning An utterly uplifting and tear-jerking novel of second chances in the most unexpected of places

Peg lost four years ago during Christmas her husband and wants to spend this year Christmas all on her own as her daughters are off on a skiing holiday. Peg is organizing her live to be along again with fifty-five. Her only relative left is her aunt from whom she is returning home when he meets at a gas station a man whom she helps to clean his windscreen as the nozzles of his car are frozen. Who would have thought that they meet again soon after when both are stuck in a traffic jam where their cars stop close to each other? They spend the hours together in Henry´s car, have a chat use Peg´s food she is bring back home with her and get to know a bit about each other and that Peg´s hoe and Henry´s destination is close by. So she learns that Henry is divorced and on the way to his son and his daughter in law where he spends Christmas as this is the only time when he really sees his son nowadays but that these days are strained and his Christmas doesn´t sound as relaxing as her plans. When the cars start moving again Peg is in a hurry to get to her own car and due to the sound of the starting cars Henry can´t really understand the last sentence of Peg. Will they meet each other again? I really liked this story and enjoyed that the characters in this book are older than usual. I did not expect that story to talk about so important topics like what is really important in life, what makes you happy and how do you want to live your life. Due to this is really enjoyed the book as it had much more meaning in it than I expected as usually Christmas novels don´t go so deep. Who expects a classic light Christmas romance with lots of fun is here wrong. The story is nicely written and right from the start I got a cosy feeling and liked Peg right from the start. The pace was good but at one point in the book there was a jump which confused me a bit (as I don´t want to spoiler I can´t say too much about it). We start with one story line, all is fine and really cosy and then the story goes in a different direction. That was a bit confusing for me, this doesn´t get really clarified so this is the reason why I give this story only 4 stars and not 5. I really liked all the characters in it and especially when you get to know them. The oldest ones in this book like aunt Mim and Blanch the mother of Henry´s daughter in law were so funny and not at all what you expect when you start with the book. The journey Henry´s son Adam and his wife Sofia do, what all is revealed is for me very well written. How Peg and Henry get to know each other and how their feelings develop is nicely written. So for me a wonderful cosy read which I really liked.