Discover, too, Joseph’s first moments alone with his precious child, and how an unusual artefact transforms a sullen young girl and shows her how to be the best she can be. All three stories are the type that make the reader think afterwards, and that stay pleasantly in the mind as an antidote to the more negative stories we read in newspapers. Mr Hoggatt has a true storyteller style and the talent to look at the ordinary and make it seem extraordinary, rather like his special mirror. This is one of those books destined to get taken out every December and read in some quiet spot, while the reader takes some time out to reflect what all the turkey, stuffing, and gift wrapping is really all about.