A Snow Garden and Other Stories
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A Snow Garden and Other Stories by Rachel Joyce
Seven stories to span the Christmas holidays:A Faraway Smell of Lemon: The School Term has ended. 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.
"Full of bittersweet Christmas momentsA real gem." * Good Housekeeping *
"These stories are heartwarming." -- Imogen Lycett Green * Daily Mail *
"Joyce is warm and very funny, and she has a merciless eye for those nightmare moments when weaknesses are exposed and everything is called into question." -- Kate Saunders * The Times *
"The perfect tonic for tinsel-itis, [A Snow Garden] is laced with quietly devastating observations on love and marriage." -- Hephzibah Anderson * Observer *
"As sparkling and Christmassy as a selection box. " * Sunday Mirror *
"These stories are heartwarming." -- Imogen Lycett Green * Daily Mail *
"Joyce is warm and very funny, and she has a merciless eye for those nightmare moments when weaknesses are exposed and everything is called into question." -- Kate Saunders * The Times *
"The perfect tonic for tinsel-itis, [A Snow Garden] is laced with quietly devastating observations on love and marriage." -- Hephzibah Anderson * Observer *
"As sparkling and Christmassy as a selection box. " * Sunday Mirror *
Rachel Joyce is the author of the Sunday Times and international bestsellers The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, Perfect and The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy. The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Book Prize and longlisted for the Man Booker Prize and has been translated into 34 languages. Rachel Joyce was awarded the Specsavers National Book Awards 'New Writer of the Year' in December 2012 and shortlisted for the 'Writer of the Year' 2014. She is also the author of the short story, A Faraway Smell of Lemon and the forthcoming short story collection, A Snow Garden & Other Stories and a new novel for 2016, The Music Shop. She is the award-winning writer of over 30 original afternoon plays and classic adaptations for BBC Radio 4. Rachel Joyce lives with her family in Gloucestershire.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780857523532 |
| ISBN 10 | 0857523538 |
| Title | A Snow Garden and Other Stories |
| Author | Rachel Joyce |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Year published | 2015-11-05 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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