# Mr. Ives’ Christmas

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- Book: [Mr. Ives’ Christmas](https://www.bookquiver.com/oscar-hijuelos/mr-ives-christmas) ([Mr. Ives’ Christmas.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/oscar-hijuelos/mr-ives-christmas.md))
- Authors: [Oscar Hijuelos](https://www.bookquiver.com/oscar-hijuelos), [Mary Gordon](https://www.bookquiver.com/mary-gordon)
- Publisher: grand_central_publishing
- ISBN: 978-15-3872-227-5
- Published: 2024-12-05
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

In 1960s New York, Edward Ives is a picture of the American dream. Adopted as a child by a widowed print shop manager, who helped him cultivate a love of drawing, he now has a successful career as an illustrator in advertising, a beautiful home with his wife and muse, Annie, and two loving children. But this idyllic life is brutally wrenched away when Ives's 17-year-old son, Robert-who has just decided to commit his life to the priesthood-is murdered by another teenage boy just before Christmas, a crime of opportunity that proves to be as random as it is senseless. Consumed by grief, Ives withdraws from the world. Grappling with a loss of faith-a force that has guided him steadfastly since childhood-he starts to question every aspect of human existence, contemplating what it really means to live an emotionally and spiritually fulfilling life. This mourning consumes him-until he takes on the monumental task of working through his suffering, and ultimately faces his son's killer. Mr. Ives' Christmas is a tender, passionate story of a man working to rediscover what it means to love, forgive, and live after unspeakable tragedy. It is another tremendous achievement from one of America's most talented writers. Includes a Reading Group Guide.