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\nflocked home to Mitford last Christmas,making The Mitford Snowmen a New YorkTimes bestseller.  \nIn Esther's Gift,Esther Bolick is filledwith the holiday spirit as she prepares tobake the annual batch of her famous—andutterly scrumptious—orange marmaladecakes.Following Christmas Eve services atLords Chapel,she and Gene will deliver atwo-layer marmalade to each of sevenfriends and neighbors,all of them favoriteMitford characters.Then Gene calculateswhat it costs to bake this legendary cake,and Esther is stunned.Is it worth it to spendso much money on people who haven'talways measured up to her expectations?The answer is clear.She'll cut her listback—way back.  \nThis decision makes perfect sense untilthe lyrics of a Christmas carol steal intoher heart,and help remind her what a giftreally means.1102  \n0CT 232002  \nHith waimest wishes at(hristmas  \ndthroughoutthecomingyea  \nČotherd  \nOther Mitford Books by Jan Karon  \nAT HOME IN MITFORDA LIGHT IN THE WIND OWTHESE HIGH,GREEN HILLS  \nOUT TO CANA A N  \nA NE W sONG  \nA COMMON LIFE:The Wedding Story  \nIN THIS MOUNTAIN  \nPATCHES OF GODLIGHT  \nTHE MITFORD SNOWMEN  \nChildren's Books  \nMISS FANNIE'S H AT  \nJEREMY:THE TALE OFAN HONEST BUNNY  \nDigitized by the Internet Archivein 2021 with funding fromKahle/Austin Foundation  \nhttps://archive.org/details/esthersgift0000unse  \n# J AN KARON\n\nintnaoetoiysonliy/ard  \nVIKING  \nVIKING  \nPublished by the Penguin Group  \nPenguin Putnam Inec,375 Hudson Street,New York,New York 10014,U.S.A.Penguin Books Ltd,80 Strand,London WC2R ORL,EnglandPenguin Books Australia Ltd,250 Camberwell Road,Camberwell,Victoria 3124,Australia  \nPenguin Books Canada Ltd,10 Alcorn Avenue,Toronto,Ontario,Canada M4V3B2Penguin Books India(P)Ltd,11 Community Centre,Panchsheel Park,New Delhi-110017,India  \nPenguin Books (N.Z)Ltd,Cnr Rosedale and Airborne Roads,Albany,Auckland,New Zealand  \nPenguin Books(South Africa)(Pty)Ltd,24 Sturdee Avenue,Rosebank,Johannesburg 2196,South Africa  \nPenguin Books Ltd,Registered Offices:Harmondsworth,Middlesex,EnglandFirst published in 2002 by Viking Penguin,a member of Penguin Putnam Inc.  \n13579108642  \nCopyright ◎Jan Karon,2002  \nllustrations copyright Penguin Putnam Inc.,2002All rights reserved  \nIlustrations by Donna Kae Nelson  \nRecipe for orange marmalade layer cake by Scott Peacock  \nCIP data available  \nISBN:0-670-03121-6  \nThis book is printedon acid free paper.  \nPrinted in MexicoSet in Kennerly Designed by Francesca Belanger  \nWithout limiting the rights under copyright reserved above,no part of chis publicationmay be reproduced,stored in or introduced into a retrieval system,or transmitted,in anyform or by any means(electronic,mechanical,photocopying,recording or otherwise),without the prior written permission of both the copyright owner and the abovepublisher of this book.","cbCaip87jJS0WO72","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaip87jJS0WO72","pdf",1427344,56,"English","# Esther's Gift - Mitford Christmas Story\n## 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