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Loading... A Snow Garden and Other Stories (2015)by Rachel Joyce
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. I really like Rachel Joyce's writing so, although I'm not the biggest fan of short stories, I just had to read A Snow Garden and Other Stories. It's a collection of seven stories (although for some reason only six were listed in the contents) which are linked in some small way. I found them very enjoyable, a little whimsical and quite heart-warming for this time of year. ( ) no reviews | add a review
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As read on Radio 4, seven linked stories set in the Christmas holidays - all as funny, joyous, poignant and memorable as Christmas should be: A Faraway Smell of Lemon: The School Term has ended. It is almost Christmas but Binny, out last-minute shopping couldn't feel less like wishing glad tidings to all men. Ducking out of the rain she finds herself in the sort of shop she would never normally visit. The Marriage Manual: Christmas Eve. Two parents endeavour to construct their son's Christmas present from a DIY kit and in the process find themselves deconstructing their marriage. Christmas at the Airport: A glitch in the system, travellers stranded and all sorts of lives colliding in the face of a sudden birth... The Boxing Day Ball: Maureen has never been out with the local girls before. Who knew that a disco in the Village Hall could be life-changing? A Snow Garden: Two little boys, dumped with their divorced father for his share of the Christmas holidays and none of them with a clue how to enjoy it. I'll Be Home for Christmas The most famous boy in the world comes home hoping to escape the madness with a normal family Christmas. Trees: As if Christmas wasn't wearing enough, now his elderly parent is asking for a hole in the ground ... Father and son break old habits and plant a tree to mark the start of the new year. No library descriptions found. |
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