lovely review for The Best Gifts from Midwest Review

“The Best Gifts” is a lovely book about precious gifts of love and life from loving parents to each other and to their child. Filled with golden-tinted, faintly exotic portraits of a loving family and friends, “The Best Gifts” begins with the birth of a special baby girl, Sara, who receives many gifts to celebrate her birth. But the best gift comes after everyone leaves, having been thanked for their thoughtfulness, and the new family cuddles quietly together while the baby feeds at her mother’s breast, surrounded by swirls of fragrant sandalwood scent and love. The story continues with the little girl growing up, leaving and beginning a loved family of her own. The best gift her parents give her to celebrate the birth of her son, Sam, is a love-worn story book filled with precious memories of the best times of her childhood. Again the young family retires after putting all the thoughtful gifts away thankfully, and cuddle while baby Sam drinks his mother’s milk and falls into a happy sleep, surrounded by a light scent of sandalwood. “And Sara knew, as she always had … that the best gifts can never be bought.” “The Best Gifts” is a lovely book that celebrates life and love and supports a precious beginning of life nurturing through breastfeeding.